Beth Harrington

{{short description|American filmmaker and musician, born 1955}} {{Infobox person | name = Beth Harrington | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1955|07|02}}<ref name=Columbian1996/> | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts | nationality = | other_names = | alma_mater = Syracuse University, University of Massachusetts | occupation = Filmmaker, musician | years_active = 1980s-present | known_for = | notable_works = ''The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music'', ''Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly'' | awards = | spouse = | website = [https://www.bethharrington.com/ bethharrington.com] }} '''Beth Harrington''' (born July 2, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated filmmaker based in Vancouver, Washington, specializing in documentary features. Her documentaries often explore American history, music and culture, including the Carter Family and Johnny Cash, and the history of women in rockabilly. In addition to her film work as a producer, director and writer, Harrington is also a singer and guitarist, and was a member of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers from 1980 to 1983.<ref name=BostonTab1988>{{cite news |last=Noonan |first=Veronica |date=1988-05-11|page=32 |title=Italian-Americans Honored: Eight Boston Residents Named 'I Miglori Mens et Gesta' |work=The Tab |location=Boston, Massachusetts }}</ref><ref name=GeorgiaStraight2019>{{cite news |last= MacInnis |first= Allan |date= May 17, 2019 |title= Of Petunia, volcanoes, and deals with the devil: Beth Harrington on The Musicianer |url= https://www.straight.com/music/1242311/petunia-volcanoes-and-deals-devil-beth-harrington-musicianer |work=The Georgia Straight |location=Vancouver, British Columbia |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=Columbian1996>{{cite news |last=Jewett |first=Dave |date=1996-12-12 |title=Independent filmmaker calls Vancouver home |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington }}</ref><ref name=GrammysBeth>{{cite web |url= https://www.grammy.com/artists/beth-harrington/12875 |title=Artist: Beth Harrington |website=The Grammys |access-date=2020-09-16}}</ref><ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography>{{cite web |url=http://www.folkstreams.net/film-context.php?id=1243 |title=Beth Harrington Filmography |author= |website=Folkstreams |access-date=2020-09-15 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Personal life == The daughter of an art teacher and an artist/advertising executive of Irish and Italian heritage, Harrington was born and grew up in greater Boston. She attended Catholic elementary and high school in suburban Boston, a subject she revisited in her film ''The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles''.<ref name=NewEnglandFilm1999/> She holds a bachelor's degree in Public Communications from Syracuse University and a master's degree in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts.<ref name=GeorgiaStraight2019/><ref name=PatriotLedger2014>{{cite news |last=Symkus |first=Ed |date=2014-07-23 |title=Carters, Cashes are focus of Braintree filmmaker's music documentary |url= https://hudson.wickedlocal.com/article/20140723/ENTERTAINMENT/307239955 |work= Quincy Patriot Ledger |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=FolkstreamsAboutBeth/>

Harrington's husband, Andy Lockhart, is a volcanologist for the U.S Geological Survey who she met while filming the ''Nova'' program ''In the Path of A Killer Volcano''.<ref name=GeorgiaStraight2019/>

==Career== ===Music=== After volunteering at the pioneering progressive-rock radio station WBCN, she became involved in the Boston music scene as a member of such bands as the Awful Truth and Barry Marshall and the Rockin' Robins.<ref name=PatriotLedger2014/> She also did recording work with Willie "Loco" Alexander, Lenny Kaye, Andy Paley and Erik Lindgren, and sang on the soundtrack of the 1989 film ''Shag''. She joined Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers in 1980, touring extensively with that group and singing on its 1983 album ''Jonathan Sings!''<ref name=AllmusicHarringtonMusic>{{AllMusic |class= |id=beth-harrington-mn0001212274 |tab= |title=Beth Harrington |last= |first= |author= |accessdate=2020-09-15}}</ref> She also played with Northwest-based band Spiricles from 2011 to 2017.<ref name=PatriotLedger2014/>

===Film=== Harrington's documentaries have been released theatrically, on streaming and on-demand platforms, and broadcast on public television, both as free-standing features and as episodes of such series as ''Nova'' and ''Frontline''. They have been shown at such film festivals as SXSW, the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, the Cleveland International Film Festival and the Nashville Film Festival.<ref name=Filmmaker2014>{{cite magazine |last=Lurie |first=Danielle |date=2014-03-11 |title= The Women of SXSW: The Winding Stream Director Beth Harrington|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/84836-the-women-of-sxsw-the-winding-stream-director-beth-harrington/#.X2OwkJNKhlO |magazine=Filmmaker |location= New York City|access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=eFilmCritic2014>{{cite web |url= https://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=3649|title=South By Southwest 2014 Interview THE WINDING STREAM director Beth Harrington |last=Whyte |first=Jason |date=2014-03-07 |website=eFilmCritic.com |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref>

In 1991, Harrington began a long association with Boston's flagship PBS station WGBH, where she worked as associate producer and line producer on various nationally broadcast documentaries, including episodes of ''Nova'', ''Frontline'' and ''The AIDS Quarterly'' (later called ''Health Quarterly'').<ref name=LAT1991>{{cite news |last=Koehler |first=Robert |date=1991-06-12 |title=TV Reviews : Mixed Message From 'Health Quarterly' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-12-ca-398-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |access-date=2020-09-17 }}</ref> She was a line producer for the Peabody Award-winning show ''Dating in the Age of AIDS'', an episode of ''Health Quarterly'',<ref name=PeabodyAwards/> and associate producer for two national Emmy-nominated productions, ''In the Path of A Killer Volcano'', a ''Nova'' episode, and the PBS special ''Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back''.<ref name=EmmyVolcano/><ref name=EmmyApollo/><ref name=imdbBethHarrington>{{IMDb name|0364236}}</ref>

After relocating to the Pacific Northwest in October 1996, Harrington became a frequent contributor to Oregon Public Broadcasting, working as a freelance filmmaker as well as doing development work on other projects for that station. Harrington's work for OPB includes producing episodes of the PBS series ''History Detectives'' and several specials, including ''Digital Television: A Cringely Crash Course'', one of PBS's first High Definition productions.<ref name=Oregonian1998>{{cite news |last=D’Antoni |first=Tom |date=November 7, 1998 |title=Digging into Digital TV |work= The Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon }}</ref><ref name=WIFPDX2014/> She has also been a producer/director and/or writer on several distance-learning programs for Annenberg Learning, including the photography series ''Essential Lens'' and the history series ''Bridging World History''.<ref name=AnnenbergEssentialLens>{{cite web |url=https://www.learner.org/series/essential-lens-analyzing-photographs-across-the-curriculum/ |title=Essential Lens: Analyzing Photographs Across the Curriculum |author= |date=2015 |website=Annenberg Learner |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref name=Cybergrass>{{cite web |url=http://www.cybergrass.com/node/5221 |title=The Winding Stream – the Carters, the Cashes, and the Course of Country Music |author= |date=2016-04-05 |website=Cybergrass: Bluegrass Music News Network |access-date=2020-09-15 |archive-date=2016-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414230610/http://www.cybergrass.com/node/5221 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Harrington also won acclaim for her 1996 feature ''The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles'', a "creative nonfiction" film telling the story of a miracle Harrington may have witnessed through a combination of documentary footage and scripted scenes performed by actors and real-life participants.<ref name=Columbian1996/> It aired on national public television and screened at numerous film festivals.<ref name=ITVSMadonna>{{cite web |url=https://itvs.org/films/blinking-madonna-and-other-miracles |title=The Blinking Madonna & Other Miracles |author= |website=Independent Television Service |publisher=Corporation for Public Broadcasting |access-date=2020-09-17}}</ref><ref name=NYT1997>{{cite news |last= James |first=Caryn |date=May 12, 1997 |title=Coming to Terms With Family Secrets |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1997/05/12/056901.html?pageNumber=44|work=The New York Times |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=NewEnglandFilm1999>{{cite news |last= Cooke |first=Chris |date=January 1, 1999 |title=A Review: The Blinking Madonna |url=https://newenglandfilm.com/magazine/1999/01/a-review-the-blinking-madonna |work= New England Film|access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref>

Harrington's 2001 independent production ''Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly'', a documentary about the pioneering women of early rock 'n' roll, was broadcast nationally on public television stations, and was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Long Form Video.<ref name=GrammysBeth/>

In 2008, Harrington produced, directed and wrote ''Searching for York'', which told the little-known history of an enslaved man who served as a valued member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Her 2009 production ''Kam Wah Chung'' told the tale of two Chinese men living in Eastern Oregon during the Gold Rush. These programs each received two Northwest Emmy nominations, in the categories of Best Historical/Cultural Program and Best Writing.<ref name=NWEmmys/><ref name=Columbian2008>{{cite news |last=Wastradowski |first=Matt |date=2008-11-17 |title=Film profiles Lewis & Clark slave York |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington }}</ref><ref name=Columbian2009>{{cite news |last=Oppegaard |first=Brett |date=2009-05-10 |title=Documenting immigrants' impact |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington }}</ref>

Two other programs produced, directed and written by Harrington—''ZigZag: Real Stories, New Angles'', an innovative 2004 environmental public affairs show and ''Beervana'', a 2007 look at Oregon's beer culture and history, also received Northwest Emmy nominations, for Best Public Affairs Special and Best Historical/Cultural Program, respectively.<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/><ref name=Oregonian2007>{{cite news |last=Mahar |first=Ted |date=November 3, 2007 |title='Beervana' serves up Oregon's tasty brew history |work=The Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon }}</ref><ref name=Oregonian2003>{{cite news |last=Gunderson |first=Laura |date=July 24, 2003 |title=Filmmakers retackle transit for OPB television show |work=The Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon }}</ref>

Harrington's documentary ''The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music'' tells the story of country music's influential Carter family, and includes one of Johnny Cash's last interviews. ''The Winding Stream'' premiered at 2014's SXSW Film Festival, and went on to appear at over 30 other festivals.<ref name=MediaInc2014>{{cite magazine |last=Haley |first=Susuan |issue=June–July 2014 |title=The Winding Stream Premieres in Portland |url=https://issuu.com/mipgroup/docs/media_inc_june-july|page=43 |magazine=Media Inc. |location=Seattle |publisher=Media Index Publishing Group |access-date=2020-09-17 }}</ref> It was released in theaters across North America, and later had its digital and DVD launch on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and other platforms, and was well-reviewed in a number of national publications, including ''Variety'', ''Rolling Stone'', and ''The Hollywood Reporter''.<ref name=Variety2014>{{cite news |last=Leydon |first=Joe |date=2014-03-28 |title=Film Review: 'The Winding Stream' |url= https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-the-winding-stream-1201149828/|work=Variety |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=RollingStone2014>{{cite magazine |date=2014-03-05 |title=SXSW 2014: The Best of the Fest's Music Movies |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/sxsw-2014-the-best-of-the-fests-music-movies-20482/the-winding-stream-75346/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref> Harrington was also co-producer of ''The Winding Stream'''s soundtrack album, released by Omnivore Recordings.<ref name=AllmusicHarringtonFilm>{{AllMusic |class= |id=beth-harrington-mn0003449644 |tab= |title=Beth Harrington |last= |first= |author= |accessdate= }}</ref><ref name=HollywoodReporter2014>{{cite news |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=August 11, 2014 |title='The Winding Stream': Film Review |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/winding-stream-film-review-724619 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref> In 2021, the ''New York Daily News'' named ''The Winding Stream'' No. 56 on a list of the 100 best documentaries of all time.<ref name=NYDN2021>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2021-02-26 |title=100 best documentaries of all time, according to critics |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/featured/sns-stacker-best-documentaries-all-time-20210226-tsw6vfk7hbcejbexlr4h25zgee-photogallery.html |work=New York Daily News |location=New York City |access-date=2021-07-27 }}</ref>

In 2019, Harrington's film ''Fort Vancouver'', the story of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Pacific Northwest, won a Northwest Regional Emmy as Best Historical/Cultural Program.<ref name=Columbian2018>{{cite news |last=Vogt |first=Tom |date=2018-05-11 |title=Vancouver filmmaker explores the history behind the fort |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/may/11/vancouver-filmmaker-explores-the-history-behind-the-fort/ |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=Columbian20190611>{{cite news |last= Hewitt|first=Scott |date=June 11, 2019 |title=Vancouver Shines at Regional Emmy Awards |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/jun/11/vancouver-shines-at-regional-emmy-awards/ |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=NWEmmys>{{cite web |url= https://www.natasnw.org/nominations-recipients |title=Nominations and Recipients |author= |website=Northwest Regional Emmy Awards |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> Her 2020 film ''Once Upon a Time in the Northwest: The Music of Federale'' also won a Northwest Emmy.<ref name=NorthwestEmmy2021/>

Harrington is currently developing several new projects, including developing her music-based scripted short ''The Musicianer'', starring actress Grey DeLisle and Canadian musician Petunia, into a feature film.<ref name=GeorgiaStraight2019/><ref name=Columbian20190125>{{cite news |last=Hewitt |first=Scott |date= January 25, 2019 |title='The Musicianer' pilot lands at the Kiggins in Vancouver |url= https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/jan/25/the-musicianer-pilot-lands-at-kiggins-in-vancouver/ |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref> Another project, ''Beyond the Duplex Planet'', is a feature-length documentary about artist David Greenberger and his work turning interviews with senior citizens into art.<ref name=Duplex/> A third, ''Foremothers'', features present-day portraits of trailblazing women of rock 'n' roll.<ref name=Foremothers>{{cite web |url=https://www.documentaries.org/foremothers |title=Foremothers |author= |website=The Center for Independent Documentary |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> Yet another, ''Our Mr. Matsura'', is a historical non-fiction film about a Japanese photographer's unconventional work documenting the people of Washington state in the early 1900s.<ref name=Matsura>{{cite web |url=https://www.documentaries.org/our-mr-matsura |title=Our Mr. Matsura |author= |website=The Center for Independent Documentary |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> The project received development funding in April 2021 from the National Endowment for the Humanities.<ref name=NEH2021>{{cite web |url=https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/NEH%20grant%20awards%20April%202021%20state%20by%20state.pdf |title=National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Award and Offers, April 2021 |last= |first= |date= |website=National Endowment for the Humanities |publisher= |access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>

==Other work== Harrington is active in various film and arts organizations, having served on the board of the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon, as well as the Oregon Media Production Association.<ref name=WIFPDX2014>{{cite web |url= https://wifpdx.org/2014/04/wifpdx-member-beth-harrington-strikes-a-chord-with-her-newest-documentary-the-winding-stream/ |title=WIFPDX member Beth Harrington strikes a chord with her newest documentary, The Winding Stream |last=Paul |first=Vickie |date=2014-04-01 |website=Women in Film – Portland |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> She is currently a commissioner on the Vancouver, Washington, Culture, Arts and Heritage Commission.<ref name=Columbian2019>{{cite news |last= Hair |first= Calley |date= August 30, 2019 |title=Vancouver names members to resurrected public arts commission |url= https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/aug/30/vancouver-names-members-to-resurrected-public-arts-commission/ |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref>

Harrington is also a past president of Women in Film/New England and a former vice president of Women in Film/Seattle. She is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. She has been a media instructor at Washington State University, Lewis & Clark College, Bunker Hill Community College, New England School of Photography, Boston Film/Video Foundation, the Northwest Film Center and the Olympia Film Society, as well as an artist-in-residence at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics.<ref name=FolkstreamsAboutBeth>{{cite web |url=http://www.folkstreams.net/film-context.php?id=1241 |title=About Beth Harrington |author= |website=Folkstreams |access-date=2020-09-15 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations== Harrington's films have won and been nominated for multiple awards; a complete list can be found in the filmography section below. In addition to her individual films, Harrington has also been honored with the following awards for her overall career: *I Migliori Award, Pirandello Lyceum, Dante Aligheri Society, Boston, 1986<ref name=BostonTab1988/> *Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, 2001<ref>{{cite news |last= Farr |first= Sheila|date=2001-10-05 |title=Governor to honor work of state artists' program |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20011005&slug=awards05 |work=Seattle Times |location=Seattle, Washington |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref> *Artist Fellow, Playa Art and Science Residency Program, 2018 *Clark County Arts Commission Lifetime Achievement Award, 2019<ref name=Columbian20190125/>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Film ! width="65"| Producerw ! width="65"| Director ! width="65"| Writer ! Awards |- | 1984 | ''Countdown to Disaster'' | Associate producer | | {{aye}} | Gold Award, National Educational Film Festival American Film Festival Award<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 1985 | ''Ave Maria'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Bronze Award, National Educational Film Festival Society for Visual Anthropology Honoree Best Documentary, Birmingham International Educational Film Festival Massachusetts Community TV Award Finalist, American Anthropological Film Festival<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/><ref name=WesternFolklore1997>{{cite journal |last1=Del Giudice |first1=Luisa |date=Spring 1997 |title=Moveable Feast, 1992 |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-26630055/moveable-feast-1992 |journal=Western Folklore |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=186 |access-date=2020-09-15 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> |- | 1986 | ''Firepower'' | Associate producer | | {{aye}} | Gold Award, Chicago International Film Festival<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 1990 | ''Nova: Can the Elephant Be Saved?'' | Associate producer | | |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 1991 | ''The Rage for Democracy'' | Associate producer | | |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 1991 | ''The Moveable Feast'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Society for Visual Anthropology Award National Educational Film Festival Award<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/><ref name=WesternFolklore1997/> |- | 1992 | ''Dating in the Age of AIDS'' | Line producer | | | George Foster Peabody Award<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/><ref name=PeabodyAwards>{{cite web |url= http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-health-quarterly-the-aids-report-series |title=The Health Quarterly: The AIDS Report Series, 1992, WGBH-TV |author= |website=Peabody Awards |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> |- | 1993 | ''Frontline: The Health Care Gamble'' | Associate producer | | |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 1993 | ''Nova: In the Path of A Killer Volcano'' | Associate producer | | | National Emmy nomination<ref name=EmmyVolcano>{{cite web |url=http://emmyonline.com/download/15th-Annual-News-Documentary-Emmy-Awards-For-Programming-Originally-Aired-in-Calendar-Year-1993-Nomination_2.pdf |title=15th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award Nominations announced by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |author= |access-date=2020-09-15 |archive-date=2018-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728151327/http://emmyonline.com/download/15th-Annual-News-Documentary-Emmy-Awards-For-Programming-Originally-Aired-in-Calendar-Year-1993-Nomination_2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 1994 | ''Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back'' | Associate producer | | | National Emmy nomination<ref name=EmmyApollo>{{cite web |url=http://emmyonline.com/download/16th-Annual-News-Documentary-Emmy-Awards-For-Programming-Originally-Aired-in-Calendar-Year-1994-Nomination_2.pdf |title=The 16th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations announced by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |author= |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> Paris Adventure Film Award<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 1996 | ''The Blinking Madonna & Other Miracles'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Best Documentary, Sinking Creek Film Festival Award for Conceptual Originality, New England Film Festival<ref name=Sojourner1996>{{cite news |date=May 1996 |title=Film Reviews: The New England Film & Video Festival '96 |work=Sojourner: The Women's Forum |publisher=Sojourner Feminist Institute |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts }}</ref> Best of Fest Critics' Award, Northampton Film Festival Worldfest Houston, Gold Award for Experimental Comedy Selection, Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/><ref name=imdbBethHarrington/><ref name=ITVSMadonna/> |- | 1998 | ''Digital TV: A Cringley Crash Course'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=WIFPDX2014/> |- | 2001 | ''The Aleutians: Cradle of the Storms'' | Co-producer | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=Independent2003>{{cite magazine |last=Schweitzer |first=Charlie |date=2003-04-01 |title=Interview: Beth Harrington |url=http://independent-magazine.org/2003/04/beth-harrington/ |magazine=The Independent |access-date=2020-09-15 }}</ref><ref name=Oregonian2002>{{cite news |last=Mahar |first=Ted |date=May 7, 2002 |title=Portland-area filmmaker chronicles Aleutian life |work=The Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon }}</ref><ref name=Columbian2002>{{cite news |last= Oppegaard|first=Brett |date=May 6, 2002 |title=Vancouver filmmaker shows respect for Aleutians |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington }}</ref> |- | 2001 | ''Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Grammy nomination, Best Long Form Video<ref name=GrammysBeth/> Award for Conceptual Originality, New England Film Festival Best of Fest Critics' Award, Northampton Film Festival Gold Award for Experimental Comedy, Worldfest Houston<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2002 | ''Oregon Art Beat: Pete Beeman's Simple Machines'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2004 | ''ZigZag: Real Stories, New Angles'' | Co-producer | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Northwest Emmy nomination, Best Public Affairs Special<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> Special Achievement Award, Oregon APA<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonapa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/OAPA-Awards-1985-to-2018.pdf |title=OAPA Awards 1985 to 2018 |author= |website=Oregon APA |access-date=2020-09-15 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | 2005 | ''Gates of the Arctic'' | Co-producer | | |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2006 | ''History Detectives: Ernie Pyle’s Typewriter'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=Columbian2006>{{cite news |last= Oppegaard |first=Brett |date= December 28, 2006|title=Vancouver's History Detective |work=The Columbian |location=Vancouver, Washington }}</ref> |- | 2007 | ''Beervana'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Northwest Emmy nomination, Best Historical/Cultural Program<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2007 | ''Oregon Art Beat: Carter Family III at the American Roots Music Fest'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2008 | ''Searching for York'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Northwest Emmy nominations, Best Historical/Cultural Program and Best Writing<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2009 | ''Kam Wah Chung'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Northwest Emmy nominations, Best Historical/Cultural Program and Best Writing<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2011 | ''Reed'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2012 | ''Oregon Art Beat: Allen Say, Illustrator and Author'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/> |- | 2014 | ''Essential Lens'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=AnnenbergEssentialLens/> |- | 2014 | ''The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Best Music Documentary, Cleveland International Film Festival Best Film by a Female Director, Nashville Film Festival Best Feature Documentary, Chicago International Music and Movie Festival Audience Award, Best Feature Documentary, Woods Hole Film Festival Jury Award, Best Feature Documentary, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Best Music, Boston Film Festival Audience Award, Best Feature Documentary Northwest Filmmakers' Festival Selection, Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Selection, On Screen/In Person Independent Film Tour<ref name=FolkstreamsFilmography/><ref name=imdbBethHarrington/> |- | 2015 | ''Oregon Art Beat: Kevin Irving of the Oregon Ballet Theater'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Kevin Irving, Oregon Ballet |url=https://watch.opb.org/video/oregon-art-beat-kevin-irving-oregon-ballet-theater/ |access-date=2020-09-17 |series=Oregon Art Beat |station=Oregon Public Broadcasting |date=2015-03-15 |season=16 |number=1610 }}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''Fort Vancouver'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Northwest Emmy Award, Best Historical/Cultural Program Special<ref name=NWEmmys/> |- | 2019 | ''The Musicianer'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | Best Short, Rails to Reels Film Festival Best Music Video, Director's Cut International Film Festival Best Short, Blow-up International Arthouse Film Fest Chicago Best Music Film, Franklin International Indie Film Festival<ref name=FIIFF2020>{{cite web |url=https://www.fiiff.org/2020-festival-winners |title=2020 Festival Winners |last= |first= |date= |website=Franklin International Indie Film Festival |publisher= |access-date=2021-07-27 |archive-date=2021-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729193320/https://www.fiiff.org/2020-festival-winners |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 2020 | ''Once Upon a Time in the Northwest: The Music of Federale'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |Northwest Emmy Award, Arts & Entertainment - Long Form Content<ref name=NorthwestEmmy2021>{{cite web |url=https://www.natasnw.org/s/Emmy-Award-Recipients_June-7-2xar.docx |title=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Northwest Chapter, Regional Emmy Award Recipients |last= |first= |date= June 7, 2021 |website=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Northwest Chapter |publisher= |access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref> |- | In progress | ''Beyond the Duplex Planet'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} |<ref name=Duplex>{{cite web |url=https://www.beyondduplexplanet.com/#film-section |title=About the Film |author= |website=Beyond the Duplex Planet Official Website |date=5 March 2019 |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> |- | In progress | ''Our Mr. Matsura'' | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | {{aye}} | <ref name=Matsura/> |- |}

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==External links== * [https://www.bethharrington.com/ Beth Harrington official site] * {{IMDb name|0364236}}

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