Lacey Schwartz

Lacey Schwartz is a director/producer currently producing/directing “Outside the Box,” a documentary which traces Lacey’s upbringing in a white Jewish family, discovery at eighteen that her biological father is Black and personal exploration of her mixed-race identity; all the while exploring her connection to other Black Jews in America. For more info on the film, check out www.goldglassproductions.com.

Lacey has worked with a variety of production companies and networks, including MTV, BETJ, @radical.media and Drive Thru Pictures. She has a BA from Georgetown University and a JD from Harvard Law School. She is a member of the New York State Bar. Lacey wrote, directed, edited and produced her first two films; Schvartze, a short autobiographical film, and Legally Black, Brown, Yellow and Red, a feature-length documentary on minority experiences at Harvard Law School.

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