Good Enough Ancestor

US •

2024 •

21 mins

Due to a congenital heart condition, Taiwanese visionary Audrey Tang’s heart, like democracy around the globe, is both fragile and strong—still beating, but facing existential threats.

Director/s

Cynthia Wade

CYNTHIA WADE is the showrunner and director of the 2023 four-part Netflix docuseries MerPeople. Her producing/directing credits include the Emmy-winning documentary The Flagmakers, Emmy-nominated Grit, Oscar®-nominated Mondays at Racine, Oscar-winning Freeheld, Sundance awardee Born Sweet, Shelter Dogs, Grist for the Mill, Primetime Emmy-winning Growing Hope Against Hunger, Generation Startup, Living the Legacy.

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COUNTRY

YEAR

2024

RUNTIME

21 minutes

DIRECTOR/S

Cynthia Wade

PRODUCER

Matthew Syrett, Teri Whitcraft

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Boaz Freund

EDITOR

Sasha Friedlander