Work in Progress:  ​Pot Policy (wt) 

​Five teams of people – historically targeted by the War on Drugs – fight to make it in the legal cannabis industry, testing a first-in-the-nation law that promises equity to help right the wrongs of systemic racism.

Link to project website. 

Risé Sanders-Weir

Writer

Director

Producer

A Storyteller for Real People

I thrive on finding the story, connecting with subjects and telling a great yarn. Truth is often stranger, and more interesting than fiction!

My work has been seen on A&E’s Biography series and American Justice; History’s Wrath of God, History’s Mysteries, and History's Lost and Found;  National Geographic’s Perilous Journeys; and episodes of WTTW/PBS’s Emmy award-winning series Chicago Stories.  I've supervised specials for MSNBC and The Learning Channel.  My work has been recognized with Emmy, Telly and Hugo awards and nominations for an NAACP Image Award and an MPSE Golden Reel.  

I'm also a professor of film, TV and journalism -- currently at Triton College and Columbia College.

Work for educational clients has been used by The Smithsonian, MOMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Getty Museum, Notre Dame University and others. My corporate work includes projects for Humana Insurance, Accenture, The Chicago School of Psychology, DePaul University School of Law, American Bar Association and more. 

I love what I do. I've traveled all over the U.S. to nooks and crannies that aren't on most vacation itineraries. I am so pleased to have the opportunity to meet people and talk with them about things that matter in their lives.

Specialties: documentary, non-fiction, directing, writing, producing. General editing on AVID, FCP.  Camera & lighting.