A License to Write: The Iowa Workshop Experience
(2008, 18:00, digital video and found footage)
Produced by Jennifer Proctor and Jennifer New

An energetic documentary that offers an insider’s look at the writing workshops at the University of Iowa through reflective, funny, and touching interviews with former and current students. The film surveys the hardships, the passion, the self-doubt, and the triumphs that come along with devoting a life to the written word. Commissioned for the exhibit “A Community of Writers: Creative Writing at the University of Iowa” at the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus.

Screenings and awards:
Premiere, Old Capitol Museum, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2008
Honorable Mention – Documentary, Interrobang Film Festival, Des Moines Arts Festival, Des Moines, IA, 2008
Official selection, Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2009