Mimi Pickering

Mimi Pickering is the director/editor of The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man, which was selected by the Librarian of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry in 2005, and the update Buffalo Creek Revisited. Pickering’s documentaries often feature women as principle storytellers, focus on struggles for equity and justice, and explore the efforts of grassroots communities to address issues that frequently reflect global concerns. Most recently Pickering and Anne Lewis completed Anne Braden: Southern Patriot, a documentary on the life and legacy of this white Southern woman who became a legendary civil rights leader, journalist, teacher and mentor to three generations of social justice activists. Pickering learned filmmaking at Appalshop in the early 1970s and continues to work there on various documentaries and community media projects.

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  Point of View

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  Appalheads

  Herself

• The Struggle of Coon Branch Mountain

  Editor

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  Chemical Valley

  Director

• Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

  Director

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  Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

  Director

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  Buffalo Creek Revisited

  Director

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  The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man

  Director

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  Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

  Director

• 2025AppalheadsHerself
• 2012Anne Braden: Southern PatriotDirector
• 2002Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the SongDirector
• 1991Chemical ValleyDirector
• 1988Point of ViewDirector
• 1988Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan GunningDirector
• 1985Buffalo Creek RevisitedDirector
• 1975The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of ManDirector
• 1972The Struggle of Coon Branch MountainEditor