Emily Strong

Emily Strong is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Emmy-nominated location sound mixer committed to collaborating on authentic stories from diverse perspectives that foster civil discourse, connection, and express humanity through artful storytelling. Emily was honored as a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 in 2020. In 2025 she premiered her directing debut, Tasting Heritage, at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film received funding support from the NYC Women's Fund for Media (MOME), the NYC Artist Corps Grant from NY Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and the Kartemquin Films Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund. She is also the director of The Grocery List Show, a five-part documentary series about cultural grocery stores, hosted by Chef Chrissy Camba. The series premiered on PBS Food in May 2025, with funding from ITVS and CAAM.

The Grocery List Show (Screening & Discussion)

May 4, 2026April 29, 2026 By Emily Strong

Please join Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a special screening and discussion of the cooking documentary series, The Grocery List.

Sound and Directing – with Emily Strong

September 5, 2025September 3, 2025 By Emily Strong

Please join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a talk on sound recording and making films with documentary filmmaker and sound mixer Emily Strong.