Kathe Sandler (born May 11, 1959) is an award-winning filmmaker. She
won a 1996 Guggenheim Award and two Prized Pieces Awards from the
National Black Programming Consortium. She also received two
fellowships from New York Foundation for the Arts for
filmmaking.Sandler was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Joan Sandler,
former Community Education Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
and Alvin Sandler, a painter and graphic artist. She attended American
Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Her sister is Eve
Sandler.Most known for her feature documentary, A Question of Color,
Sandler became known for exploring prejudice, racial identity and the
color caste system through the lens of the Black community.Sandler
also made a film called Remembering Thelma, which was about the dancer
Thelma Hill, debuting at the 1982 New York Film Festival.
won a 1996 Guggenheim Award and two Prized Pieces Awards from the
National Black Programming Consortium. She also received two
fellowships from New York Foundation for the Arts for
filmmaking.Sandler was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Joan Sandler,
former Community Education Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
and Alvin Sandler, a painter and graphic artist. She attended American
Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Her sister is Eve
Sandler.Most known for her feature documentary, A Question of Color,
Sandler became known for exploring prejudice, racial identity and the
color caste system through the lens of the Black community.Sandler
also made a film called Remembering Thelma, which was about the dancer
Thelma Hill, debuting at the 1982 New York Film Festival.
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