Alexander Johnston

About Alexander

Alex Johnston is an award-winning documentarian, media maker, scholar, and educator, whose work focuses on contemporary and historical struggles for social justice. His films and media works have screened at a wide range of venues, including the Berlinale, Sheffield Doc/Fest, New Orleans Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, and the Colfax Medical Center, a convalescent home for retired hard rock and coal miners in rural New Mexico.

Qualifications

PhD, Film and Digital Media
University of California, Santa Cruz

MA, Social Documentation
University of California, Santa Cruz

BA, Film and Electronic Arts
Pitzer College