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SheridanWorks explores the lives of people around the world doing extraordinary things. Many of our stories focus on the lived experiences of people that are facing, and finding solutions for, the most difficult social and economic challenges. Other stories capture creative people in action. Our filmmaking style prioritizes visual experience.
LearningWorks puts to use our 25 years of documentary filmmaking experience to educate a new generation of storytellers.
Features and Updates:
Documentary Bootcamp – Seven week intensive in-person filmmaking course
5/28/25 – 7/9/25
Documentary Bootcamp is a seven-week, immersive in-person learning experience covering the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking from pre- to post-production.
Take flight or get rooted – new student videos
Take flight or get rooted – new student videos A Day in the Air, by JP ParnasTiny Things, By Brenna GetzinStudents in recent filmmaking courses have produced short films on everything from building and flying model airplanes to homesteading. JP Parnas and Brenna...
Behind the Scenes at the Gardner Museum
Find out what it takes to conserve the sculptures, create the courtyard horticultural displays and educate the public, young and old, at the Gardner Museum.
2013, 3 videos
Benoît Rolland – Master Bow Maker
Benoît Rolland has made 1,950 wood bows during his 49-year career. Most of the major soloists of the past three decades have acquired a Rolland bow, sometimes several. The films are a journey into the mind and work of Rolland as he works on bows and dialogs with musicians.
2012-2020
Boston Camerata: An American Christmas 2020
Filmed with four cameras at Boston’s Old North Church during the 2020 pandemic, this classic Camerata program of Americana is particularly appropriate to a year of struggle and hope.
2020, 50 min
Profiles of Visiting Artists
Isabella Stewart Gardner surrounded herself with creative people. The Artist-in-Residence program continues her tradition of inviting artists to live, think, and work at the Museum.
2006-2020
Home Sweet Home – Housing for the Disabled
Stories of the physically and mentally disabled and the state and local agencies helping them to move off the streets and out of institutions into their own homes – often for the first time in their lives.
2015, 2 videos, 6 min each