David Felix Sutcliffe is an independent documentary filmmaker whose work explores issues of national security and civil liberties in the post-9/11 era. In 2013, he was included in Filmmaker Magazine's annual list of "25 New Faces of Independent Film." His 2011 film, Adama, was broadcast on PBS, and featured the story of a 16- ear-old Muslim girl growing up in Harlem who was arrested by the FBI on suspicion of being a "potential suicide bomber." His follow-up film (T)ERROR, co-directed with acclaimed photojournalist Lyric R. Cabral, marks the first time that filmmakers have had access to an active FBI informant in a domestic counterterrorism investigation. (T)ERROR debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival where it won a special jury prize for Break Out First Feature. Along with (T)ERROR co-director Cabral, Sutcliffe was honored by the Tribeca Film Institute with the 2013 Creative Promise Award. In 2014, he was selected as a fellow for the Sundance Institute's Edit and Story Lab, as well as their Creative Producing Lab. His work as a filmmaker has been funded by the BBC, the NEA, the Tribeca Film Institute, the Sundance Institute, and the Independent Television Service.
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