Beth Harrington attended Catholic elementary and high school in suburban Boston, a subject she revisited in her film The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles.
15 Facts About Beth Harrington
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Beth Harrington holds a bachelor's degree in Public Communications from Syracuse University and a master's degree in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts.
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Beth Harrington's husband, Andy Lockhart, is a volcanologist for the USGeological Survey who she met while filming the Nova program In the Path of A Killer Volcano.
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Beth Harrington did recording work with Willie "Loco" Alexander, Lenny Kaye, Andy Paley and Erik Lindgren, and sang on the soundtrack of the 1989 film Shag.
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Beth Harrington's documentaries have been released theatrically, on streaming and on-demand platforms, and broadcast on public television, both as free-standing features and as episodes of such series as Nova and Frontline.
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In 1991, Beth Harrington began a long association with Boston's flagship PBS station WGBH, where she worked as associate producer and line producer on various nationally broadcast documentaries, including episodes of Nova, Frontline and The AIDS Quarterly.
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Beth Harrington was a line producer for the Peabody Award-winning show Dating in the Age of AIDS, an episode of Health Quarterly, and associate producer for two national Emmy-nominated productions, In the Path of A Killer Volcano, a Nova episode, and the PBS special Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back.
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Beth Harrington won acclaim for her 1996 feature The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles, a "creative nonfiction" film telling the story of a miracle Beth Harrington may have witnessed through a combination of documentary footage and scripted scenes performed by actors and real-life participants.
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In 2008, Beth Harrington produced, directed and wrote Searching for York, which told the little-known history of an enslaved man who served as a valued member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Beth Harrington was co-producer of The Winding Stream's soundtrack album, released by Omnivore Recordings.
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Beth Harrington is currently developing several new projects, including developing her music-based scripted short The Musicianer, starring actress Grey DeLisle and Canadian musician Petunia, into a feature film.
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Beth Harrington is active in various film and arts organizations, having served on the board of the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon, as well as the Oregon Media Production Association.
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Beth Harrington is currently a commissioner on the Vancouver, Washington, Culture, Arts and Heritage Commission.
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Beth Harrington is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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Beth Harrington's films have won and been nominated for multiple awards; a complete list can be found in the filmography section below.