Lisa Blackstone
Minneapolis, MN
Lisa Blackstone believes everyone has a story to tell. Her passion is discovering those stories and then sharing them with the world.
Blackstone is an Emmy-nominated director/producer/writer/editor/and documentary maker based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Her documentary Polka Time was selected for national broadcast on the acclaimed PBS/ITVS series Independent Lens. Polka Time is also the winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary from the Broad Humor Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Blackstone's other awards include the Unity Award in Media for her work on the lifestyle economics series Right on the Money!; the Science of Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and the Silver Award for Children's Programming from the National Education Association for her work on the PBS Kids' science series Newton's Apple. Her work has been seen nationally on PBS and several cable networks including Animal Planet, HGTV and MSNBC.
Lisa Blackstone's film: Grappling Girls
