Sweet Old Song

Leah Mahan is an independent filmmaker who has won multiple awards including a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement from the Directors Guild of America for her documentary Sweet Old Song (2002), which aired on POV. She is also executive producer of a sequel to her first film, Holding Ground (1997), about a grassroots effort to revitalize Boston's most devastated neighborhood. Leah began her documentary career working for filmmaker Henry Hampton on the groundbreaking PBS series Eyes on the Prize.