Jennifer MacArthur produced the critically acclaimed, feature documentary Whose Streets?, which premiered opening night of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Magnolia Pictures acquired the film for North American distribution and releases the film in movie theaters on August 11.
In 2008, MacArthur founded her strategy firm Borderline Media. Borderline’s strategy work includes Almost Sunrise (POV, 2017), Southern Rites (HBO, 2015), Out in the Night (LOGO/POV, 2015), and the Emmy-nominated films Gideon’s Army (HBO, 2013) and Traces of the Trade (POV, 2008). She also advised on America Divided (EPIX, 2016), American Promise (POV, 2014), and Oscar-nominated Dirty Wars (IFC, 2013).
Together with producer Brenda Coughlin (Dirty Wars, CitizenFour, Risk), she established the peer support network Impact Producers Group and launched Impact Socials, a networking event for creative change-makers. MacArthur’s commitment to field-building also has taken her to Melbourne, Guadalajara, and Amsterdam for keynotes addressing the intersections of documentary with neoliberalism, big data, white privilege, social movements, and low-fi transmedia.
MacArthur is a 2016 Sundance Creative Producing Summit Fellow, a 2016 Opportunity Agenda Creative Change Leader, a 2015 Rockwood JustFilms Fellow and a 2015 NAMAC Creative Lab Leader. Recently, she joined the Industry Advisory Board for the Camden International Film Festival/Points North Institute.
