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Faith Pennick

Faith Pennick directed, produced and edited the documentary Silent Choices, her first feature-length film. Silent Choices, about the impact of abortion on the lives of African Americans, won the Best Documentary Award at the 2007 Roxbury Film Festival. Pennick wrote, directed, produced and edited the award-winning narrative short, Running on Eggshells, which aired on U.S. television in the fall of 2007. She also directed the documentary short … and justice for whom?, and produced the narrative short film Harlem Sistas Double Dutch, which aired on the WNET/New York film series Reel New York in 2005. Pennick’s latest film is Weightless, a documentary short about plus-sized female scuba divers. A Chicago native, Pennick has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. from New York University. She resides in Brooklyn, NY.