Mary Jordan (filmmaker) facts for kids
Mary Jordan is a Canadian-American filmmaker and activist.
Career
Filmography
In 2005, Filmmaker magazine named Jordan one of the top 25 New Faces of Independent Film.
Jordan's first feature-length film was Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, which was named one of the top movies of 2007 by Entertainment Weekly. It later received the Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award, the Best Documentary Award from the Torino Film Festival, and the Jury Award at Dok Leipzig.
Philanthropy
Jordan is the Founder of Word Above the Street, a non-profit organization that fosters environmental awareness, education, and social advocacy through large-scale public art projects. In 2011 the Ford Foundation awarded Word Above the Street a grant to develop the Water Tank Project.
Notable speaking engagements
Jordan has spoken on topics such as film and water at The Water Tank Project in Venice (October 2012), Social Gold Summit (September 2013), TEDxTallin (May 2014), and the French Institute Alliance Francasie (January 2020)
Personal life
As of 2019, Jordan is married to Estonian MP Eerik-Niiles Kross.
