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Maggie Lemere, Author at Pilgrim Magazine

Maggie Lemere

| Filmmaker + Photographer

Maggie Lemere is a filmmaker, oral historian, and storytelling strategist whose work focuses on social and environmental issues. She’s been a conflict researcher, human rights trainer, and filmmaker on projects across the U.S., Africa, Asia, and Latin America. She’s the founder of Rhiza Collective, host of Bad Feminists Making Films, the editor of Nowhere to Be Home (McSweeney's) and co-founder of “Storytelling for Changemakers” with Ashoka. Maggie is also a master naturalist, outdoor adventurer, and dog lover. You can follow her (and her beautiful golden Rumi) on Instagram at @maggie_lemere.

Filmmaker, Maggie Lamere, transports us to Palestine during harvest season where families and olive trees become an inspiration in sustainable