Marcy McCall lived in Georgia for 15 years and made a trilogy of documentaries there: the award-winning CLAY COUNTY (2019, 15-min.), GEORGIA (2019, 56-min.), and FLAG BURNING (2024, 9-min.).

Festivals around the globe have screened her films including the San Francisco Black Film Festival, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, and Visions du Réel.

Born and raised in a small industrial and agricultural city in Illinois, Marcy began her work in film in Chicago where she played an early and consequential role in the making of the legendary documentary, HOOP DREAMS. While on staff at Kartemquin Films, Orion Pictures, and Columbia Pictures, Marcy helped celebrated directors make their films including Gordon Quinn, Steve James, George Romero, and Barbet Schroeder. Becoming a mother deepened her sights on family, place, and the everyday forming the artistic lens of her own filmmaking. Marcy earned her bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University where she studied experimental film under Chuck Kleinhans. She received her MFA at UCLA.