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Bridget Johnson is a Chicago-based director and writer dedicated to socially driven storytelling. They founded Dare to Dream Productions at seventeen, won Best Documentary at DePaul University’s Film Festival for Breaking the Barrier, and screened at NFFTY. Their debut short, The Girl at the Library, has garnered over 1.2 million views on YouTube and has been featured at numerous festivals and LGBTQ+ organizations.
My work:
A Letter to To My Younger Self
Creator: Bridget A Johnson
A cathartic self-portrait on the beauty and loss of growing up and accepting your authentic self. The film consists of an accumulation of home video and the filmmaker’s early work from ten years ago. It is a meditation on how filmmaking is a source of solace. She grieves her mom turning into someone she does not recognize due to mental health and her mother's loss.This film is dedicated to those who are hurting and grieving their past selves. It’s a reminder to be gentle with ourselves, find your inner strength, and love yourself fully each and every day.
Moved By Love
Creator: Bridget A Johnson
From survival to transformation, this documentary weaves together four testimonies of love spanning generations and communities across the United States. In a world increasingly divided by hate, this film reminds us that love is the universal thread that binds us all.
