Whitney Dow, born in 1961, is a documentary filmmaker, producer, and
director. He is best known for Two Towns of Jasper (co-directed by
Marco Williams), a film about the murder of a black man committed by
three white men in Jasper, Texas, which received a George Foster
Peabody Award and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. Two
Towns of Jasper was broadcast on the PBS documentary series POV in
2003. The film and the directors were featured on The Oprah Winfrey
Show and Nightline and the film was the catalyst for a live town hall
meeting, "America in Black and White," anchored by Ted Koppel.In 2014,
Dow launched Whiteness Project with POV. Whiteness Project is an
online "interactive investigation" into the experiences of white
Americans. The interactive project received national attention and
coverage from accredited news sources like NPR, NY Mag and CBS. The
first installment, "Inside the White/Caucasian Box," is a collection
of 21 interviews filmed in Buffalo, New York, that includes data
enforcing or refuting the interviewees' statements.Dow had directed
more than 200 shorts and commercials by 1998, when he co-founded Two
Tone Productions, a company that creates films addressing issues of
race. In addition to directing films such as Two Towns of Jasper, I
Sit Where I Want, Unfinished Country and When the Drum is Beating, he
has also produced numerous films including Freedom Summer, Banished
(film) and Toots (film). Dow's work has also been exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the
Smithsonian Institution.
director. He is best known for Two Towns of Jasper (co-directed by
Marco Williams), a film about the murder of a black man committed by
three white men in Jasper, Texas, which received a George Foster
Peabody Award and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. Two
Towns of Jasper was broadcast on the PBS documentary series POV in
2003. The film and the directors were featured on The Oprah Winfrey
Show and Nightline and the film was the catalyst for a live town hall
meeting, "America in Black and White," anchored by Ted Koppel.In 2014,
Dow launched Whiteness Project with POV. Whiteness Project is an
online "interactive investigation" into the experiences of white
Americans. The interactive project received national attention and
coverage from accredited news sources like NPR, NY Mag and CBS. The
first installment, "Inside the White/Caucasian Box," is a collection
of 21 interviews filmed in Buffalo, New York, that includes data
enforcing or refuting the interviewees' statements.Dow had directed
more than 200 shorts and commercials by 1998, when he co-founded Two
Tone Productions, a company that creates films addressing issues of
race. In addition to directing films such as Two Towns of Jasper, I
Sit Where I Want, Unfinished Country and When the Drum is Beating, he
has also produced numerous films including Freedom Summer, Banished
(film) and Toots (film). Dow's work has also been exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the
Smithsonian Institution.
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