Samantha Stark
2021She loves stories that celebrate life and has been lucky enough to film with thrilling people. Some of her favorites include: a teenager who let scientists rewrite her DNA, a clothes dyer who forged passports so children could escape persecution, a 92-year-old entering a beauty pageant for the first time... and, of course, Britney Spears.
Samantha is an Emmy and World Press Photo award winner and a Peabody award finalist. She also taught video storytelling at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
“Framing Britney Spears” is her first feature-length documentary.
Controlling Britney Spears
Samantha Stark
Liz Day, Felicia Culotta
Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become “an oppressive and controlling tool against her”. This New York Times investigation reveals much of how it worked, including an intense surveillance apparatus that monitored every move she made.
Controlling Britney Spears
Framing Britney Spears
Samantha Stark
Britney Spears
Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life.
Framing Britney Spears
The Forger
Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia
Adolfo Kaminsky started saving lives when chance and necessity made him a master forger. As a teenager, he became a member of the French Resistance and used his talent to save the lives of thousands of Jews. The Forger is a well-crafted origin story of a real-life superhero.
The Forger
