Christine Turner

Directing

Christine Turner

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

Christine Turner is a filmmaker whose portraits of artists, activists and everyday people capture the beauty and struggle of life.

Known for

Blackout poster
6.8

First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con Edison on West End Avenue, and other New Yorkers tell about what happened when the lights went out on July 13, 1977.

Blackout

2015

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day poster
8.0

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

2021

The Barber of Little Rock poster
6.4

Explores the racial wealth gap in America through the story of People Trust, a homegrown community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas, working to uplift a community that has been largely excluded from the financial engines that create wealth.

The Barber of Little Rock

2023

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible poster
6.3

A biographical, musical, illuminating journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

2025

Lenny poster
2.0

Docu-series featuring short documentaries from six directors.

Lenny

2018

Homegoings poster
6.5

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

Homegoings

2013

Behind the camera

Blackout poster
6.8

First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con Edison on West End Avenue, and other New Yorkers tell about what happened when the lights went out on July 13, 1977.

Blackout

2015

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day poster
8.0

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

2021

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day poster
8.0

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

2021

The Barber of Little Rock poster
6.4

Explores the racial wealth gap in America through the story of People Trust, a homegrown community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas, working to uplift a community that has been largely excluded from the financial engines that create wealth.

The Barber of Little Rock

2023

The Barber of Little Rock poster
6.4

Explores the racial wealth gap in America through the story of People Trust, a homegrown community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas, working to uplift a community that has been largely excluded from the financial engines that create wealth.

The Barber of Little Rock

2023

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible poster
6.3

A biographical, musical, illuminating journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

2025

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible poster
6.3

A biographical, musical, illuminating journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

2025

Lenny poster
2.0

Docu-series featuring short documentaries from six directors.

Lenny

2018

Homegoings poster
6.5

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

Homegoings

2013

Homegoings poster
6.5

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

Homegoings

2013

Paint & Pitchfork poster
NR

This profile of celebrated artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley provides insight into why they make art and their unique perspectives on painting portraits.

Paint & Pitchfork

2022

You Can Go poster
5.0

A school administrator talks down a troubled student.

You Can Go

2016

You Can Go poster
5.0

A school administrator talks down a troubled student.

You Can Go

2016

Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business poster
7.0

At age 93, there's no stopping the legendary artist Betye Saar.

Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business

2020

Kevin Beasley’s Raw Materials poster
6.0

Queens artist Kevin Beasley juxtaposes sound, silence and sculpture to examine the legacy of cotton in the American South.

Kevin Beasley’s Raw Materials

2019

Kevin Beasley’s Raw Materials poster
6.0

Queens artist Kevin Beasley juxtaposes sound, silence and sculpture to examine the legacy of cotton in the American South.

Kevin Beasley’s Raw Materials

2019

Hold On poster
6.0

Family bonds are tested when a young man is left to care for his grandmother one morning.

Hold On

2017

Hold On poster
6.0

Family bonds are tested when a young man is left to care for his grandmother one morning.

Hold On

2017