She received her MFA in film and video from Columbia College Chicago in 1999. Stray Dogs (2001) Catherine's 35mm feature film debut as a writer/director, was released to DVD by Spectrum Films and is available through Netflix. Screenwriting credits include cowriting the HBO Original Movie Stranger Inside (2001) with director Cheryl Dunye and cowriting the documentary Damn Good Dog (2004) with director Erica McCarthy. Other notable film work includes cinematography of the DV feature documentaries Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100 (1999) and Sisters In Cinema (2003), both directed by Yvonne Welbon and the writing and editing of Slaves of the Saints (2010), a documentary about Macumba in Rio de Janiero directed by Kelly E. Hayes.