Cori Wapnowski

Cori WAPNOWSKI (for this film credited as Cori McKenna) is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker based in New York. She has edited dozens of TV shows and documentaries, including HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. She directed Refinery 29’s documentary series What We Teach Girls (2015-2016), a global exploration of the lessons and values girls are taught. McKenna’s debut feature Bruk Out! A Dancehall Queen Documentary (2017) looks deep into the world of Jamaican Dancehall culture through the eyes of the women dancers, Dancehall Queens. McKenna's passion is connecting people and ideas through documentary storytelling.