Hangtown Collective

Stuart Harmon is an award-winning director and producer. He’s produced many documentary and television projects for PBS, VICE, New York Times, The Intercept, Fusion, CNN, MTV, A&E, and other networks and outlets. In 2021, he received a Logan Nonfiction Fellowship and a finalist for several awards for his work with The Intercept. His short film for the NY Times titled “Guns to Gloves” is one of their top-viewed documentaries, garnering over 8 million views across several platforms. He also produced for several Emmy-nominated series with VICE, including a harrowing TV documentary about the female FARC guerillas of Colombia. His first feature documentary film, THE MONEY STONE, won Best Documentary at the Black Star International Film Festival and was given glowing reviews by the BBC and The Boston Globe.

Project Description

HANGTOWN is a feature-length documentary and engagement campaign for PBS that explores California’s buried history of racial violence and injustice through the stories of marginalized communities.