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Rachel Grady(I)

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A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.
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Detropia (2012)
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Rachel Grady is known for The Boys of Baraka (2005), Jesus Camp (2006) and Detropia (2012).
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 21 wins & 21 nominations total

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Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady in Jesus Camp (2006)
Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, and Vinnie Malhotra at an event for Love Fraud (2020)
Norman Lear and Rachel Grady at an event for Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)
Norman Lear, Michael Kantor, Brent Miller, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, John Cooper, and Suzanne Hillinger
Norman Lear, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, and John Cooper at an event for Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady at an event for Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)

Known for

The Boys of Baraka (2005)
The Boys of Baraka
7.3
  • Director
  • 2005
Jesus Camp (2006)
Jesus Camp
7.4
  • Director
  • 2006
Detropia (2012)
Detropia
6.5
  • Director
  • 2012
One of Us (2017)
One of Us
7.0
  • Director
  • 2017

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Director

  • Endangered (2022)
    Endangered
    • Director
    • 2022
  • Mind/Trip (2021)
    Mind/Trip
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Love Fraud (2020)
    Love Fraud
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • One of Us (2017)
    One of Us
    • Director
    • 2017
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Norman Lear and Keaton Nigel Cooke in Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)
    Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
    • Director
    • 2016
  • A Dream Preferred (2015)
    A Dream Preferred
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • The World Is as Big or As Small as You Make It (2015)
    The World Is as Big or As Small as You Make It
    • co-director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Makers: Women Who Make America (2013)
    Makers: Women Who Make America
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)
    We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Vanity Fair: Decades (2013)
    Vanity Fair: Decades
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2013
  • Nine for IX (2013)
    Nine for IX
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Education of Mohammad Hussein (2013)
    The Education of Mohammad Hussein
    • co-director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Detropia (2012)
    Detropia
    • Director
    • 2012
  • True Life (1998)
    True Life
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2010

Producer

  • Mind/Trip (2021)
    Mind/Trip
    • executive producer (2021)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Love Fraud (2020)
    Love Fraud
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Baby God (2020)
    Baby God
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • One of Us (2017)
    One of Us
    • producer
    • 2017
  • A Dream Preferred (2015)
    A Dream Preferred
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Makers: Women Who Make America (2013)
    Makers: Women Who Make America
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Nine for IX (2013)
    Nine for IX
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Education of Mohammad Hussein (2013)
    The Education of Mohammad Hussein
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Detropia (2012)
    Detropia
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Me at the Zoo (2012)
    Me at the Zoo
    • executive producer
    • 2012
  • 12th & Delaware (2010)
    12th & Delaware
    • co-producer
    • 2010
  • The 3rd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2009
  • Sylvia Chase, Michel Martin, Michele Mitchell, Bill Moyers, Christopher Shays, David Brancaccio, Peter Singer, Robert McChesney, Christine Todd Whitman, Kevin Phillips, Tom DeLay, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Piot, Peter Mugyenyi, Maria Hinojosa, Janice Crouse, Linda Uvari, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in Now on PBS (2002)
    Now on PBS
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Jesus Camp (2006)
    Jesus Camp
    • producer
    • 2006

Writer

  • Freakonomics (2010)
    Freakonomics
    • written by (segment Can a Ninth Grader Be Bribed to Succeed?)
    • 2010

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Theatrical Version
Freakonomics
Trailer 2:32
Freakonomics
Behind the Scenes: Love Fraud
Video 2:31
Behind the Scenes: Love Fraud

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    Rachel Grady and her friend, Brooke Jones. together took future actor Justin Theroux to their first prom in Washington, D.C. and Justin's mother, Phyllis Theroux, reported on that date in the June 5, 1985 New York Times.

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