Greg Jacobs, National Fellow, spent his fellowship year co-directing No Small Matter, a feature-length documentary film on the power and potential impact of quality early childhood education. His latest film, The Road Up, follows four participants in a Chicago job-training program, as they seek to make the long journey from rock bottom to stable employment. Greg is the co-founder of Chicago-based Siskel/Jacobs Productions, which produced the Emmy-winning documentaries 102 Minutes That Changed America (History) and Witness: Katrina (National Geographic Channel). He also co-directed the acclaimed documentary film Louder Than a Bomb, and is the author of Getting Around Brown, a history of school desegregation in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
