Currently in Production
Forgotten Names
In 2018, Hardel Sherrell was arrested and jailed in Beltrami County Minnesota. Within nine days, he would die due to the negligence of care from the county’s contracted privatized healthcare company, MEnD. Correctional facilities that employ MEnD have seen 25 deaths under their care since 2015. This film parallels the racial injustice across the country and the work Hardel's mother has done in the following years to achieve justice for her son.
About the Filmmakers
Classie Dudley
Director, Executive Producer
Classie Dudley serves as the President of the Duluth Branch NAACP, the largest NAACP branch in the state of Minnesota. She was the first Arrowhead Regional Arts Leadership Fellow providing storytelling through arts advocacy helping to empower the community most affected by oppression. In 2017 she produced “The Secrets of Being Black The Duluth Edition”. A film featured on The CW and currently resides at the Duluth Public Library. The film's purpose was to garner attention on the subtle and not so subtle differences POC face everyday while living here in the Twin Ports.
Megan McGarvey
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
Megan is an Regional EmmyTM winning director and editor. Her film “Unweaving” was nominated for an Upper Midwest Emmy in 2021, and her feature “Outsourced: The New Wisconsin Idea” was selected to the 2019 Catalyst Festival.
Katie Lindow
Producer, Production Coordinator
Katie is a Regional EmmyTM nominated producer and coordinator with a number of films under her belt. Her first feature “Outsourced: The New Wisconsin Idea” was an official selection to 2019 Catalyst Content Festival, and is currently viewable on Amazon Video. In addition to her filmmaking, she is an accomplished marketing professional with experience in social, digital, and traditional marketing residing in Duluth, MN..