Mary Kerr
Feature documentary work
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) turns 50 on December 12, 2025. A new documentary tells the story of its founding, including the bravery and sacrifice of the original founders, organizational leaders, and dedicated members, and the impactful years that followed.
- Directed by James Blue & Bronwyn Berry
- Coming Soon: Premiered at the Virginia Black Film Festival
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Speedbag
An overweight, middle-aged man goes back to the gym and discovers a new sense of self. So much so that he partakes on a journey to break the Guinness World Record for longest Speedbag Marathon. He’s the fittest he’s been in his life, but the flu might just knock him out before he can break the 30 hour record, currently held by a woman in the UK.
- Directed by Alexander Berger & Avi Zev Weider
- Coming Soon: In Post-Production
Assistant Editor
Coexistence my ass
2025
A feature-length documentary about Noam Shuster, an Israeli comedian whose potent political satire catapults her to viral popularity and uniquely positions her as a fresh voice in a stale Middle East. While an international pandemic rages, regional conflicts fester, and dinner-table debates with her family flare, Noam tries to do the “unthinkable” by using humor to fight for justice and equality for everyone.
- Directed by Amber Fares
- Screened at Sundance Film Festival, Visions du Réel, Full Frame, Hot Docs, DC/Dox, Thessaloniki Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Sheffield DocFest, and more.
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Qatar stars
2023
QATAR STARS is the first feature documentary about girls in Qatar. It offers a textured observational story of girlhood in all its joys and growing pains, through intimate access to a multinational, girls-only rhythmic gymnastics school in Doha, led by a former Russian gymnast. The girls experience both triumphs and heartaches, to ultimately form an unbreakable bond. Meanwhile, exacting coach Tatiana undergoes her own unexpected professional and personal transformation that challenges her sense of strength and identity.
- Directed by Danielle Beverly
- Screened at Chicago International Film Festival, Global Peace Film Festival, South Georgia Film Festival, DokuBaku International Film Festival, and more.
Associate Editor
BOYCOTT
2021
When a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 34 states in America.
- Directed by Julia Bacha
- Screened at DocNYC, SXSW Film Festival, Hot Docs, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Festival, and more.
POST-PRODUCTION Supervisor
Simple As Water
2021
Simple As Water explores the impact of war, separation, and displacement, the film takes audiences into Syrian families’ quests for normalcy and building a new life. Filmed over the course of five years in five countries including Turkey, Greece, Germany, Syria and the US, Simple As Water highlights the universal importance of family.
- Directed by Megan Mylan
- Premiered on HBO; Screened at Tribeca Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, AFI Fest, Austin Film Society, UNHRC Refugee Week, and more.
Assistant Editor
hold your fire
2021
When Shu’aib Raheem tried to steal guns for self-defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. NYPD psychologist Harvey Schlossberg fought to reform police policy to save lives by using words, not guns.
- Directed by Stefan Forbes
- Theatrical Release by IFC Films; Screened at Toronto Film Festival, DocNYC, Boston Independent Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, and more.
Aggie
2020
Aggie’ is a feature-length documentary that explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes “Aggie” Gund’s life. Emmy-nominated director Catherine Gund focuses on her mother’s journey to give viewers an understanding of the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change.
- Directed by Catherine Gund
- Screened at Sundance Film Festival, MoMA Doc Fortnight, Ashland Independent Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, and more.
cooked: survival by zipcode
2018
A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of “disaster” and survival by zip code.
- Directed by Judith Helfand
- Premiered on PBS/Independent Lens; Screened at DocNYC, Sarasota Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, St. Louis Film Festival, Cucalorus Film Festival, and more.
Assistant Editor
Love, Gilda
2018
LOVE, GILDA opens a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of beloved performer Gilda Radner, whose greatest role was sharing her story. Working with the Radner estate, director Lisa D’Apolito unearthed a collection of diaries and personal audio and videotapes documenting her childhood, her comedy career, her relationships and ultimately, her struggles with cancer.
- Directed by Lisa D'Apolito
- Theatrical Release by Magnolia Pictures; Premiered on CNN Doc Films; Opening Night Film at Tribeca Film Festival.
Assistant Editor
Dusty Groove: The Sound of Transition
2019
In DUSTY GROOVE: THE SOUND OF TRANSITION, Chicago vinyl buyer Rick Wojcik walks us into the homes – and stories – of strangers, digging through their jazz, soul, and hip hop records, purchasing their once-prized possessions. Each seller shares a common reason: they face a major life transition.
- Directed by Danielle Beverly
- Screened at San Francisco Doc Festival, St. Louis Film Festival, Sebastopol Documentary Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, Southern Circuit