The film was nominated for an Independent Spirit award and an Emmy. Porter’s other films have appeared on PBS’s Independent Lens, OWN and the Discovery Channel. Her latest project, “Trapped,” explores the impact of laws regulating abortion clinics in the south. It premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking. Prior to her work as a filmmaker, Porter was director of standards and practices at ABC News and vice president of standards and practices at A&E Television Networks. She graduated from Swarthmore College and Georgetown Law Center and practiced law at the firm of Baker & Hostetler for five years.