Film Maker Margo Guernsey

Theosophia Podcast

Margo is the Director and Principal of Time Travel Productions, which she founded in 2012 to produce documentary films and related media. Margo's feature directorial debut, Councilwoman, is touring the country and will air on PBS's WORLD Channel in fall 2019. Her current project is tentatively titled, The Philadelphia Eleven: To Be Whole. It tells the story of the Episcopal Women who were ordained as priests in 1974, against the rules of the church, and found themselves at the center of a media firestorm about who speaks the word of God.

Over the past 20 years, Margo has worked as a union organizer, non-profit development director, Spanish/English translator and media instructor, always building multi-racial collaborations across class lines to inform the work of building a more just society. Margo works with teams that reflect the subjects in the film as a cornerstone of her artistic process. She is passionate about distributing documentary film in new ways, to empower people, and shift narratives.

In this episode Margo explores the intersection of spirituality and the film making process. She shares about the importance of deep listening and the way stories hold the potential to transform us.