The Devil Is Busy

As the director of operations and security of an abortion clinic in Atlanta, Tracy doesn't take any chances when it comes to the safety of both the patients and the staff. Executive Produced by Soledad O'Brien and Directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Christalyn Hampton, THE DEVIL IS BUSY is an eye opening on the ground portrayal of the shifting landscape for abortion providers in America.

  • Geeta Gandbhir
    Director
    I Am Evidence, Black And Missing, Call Center Blues, How We Get Free, Born in Synanon, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, Hungry To Learn
  • Christalyn Hampton
    Director
    The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Born in Synanon, Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story,
  • Soledad O'Brien
    Producer
    The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Black And Missing, Disrupt & Dismantle with Soledad O'Brien, Hungry To Learn,
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    31 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 2, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • New Orleans Film Festival
    New Orleans, LA
    United States
    October 20, 2024
    World Premiere
    Documentary Short Special Mention
Director Biography - Geeta Gandbhir, Christalyn Hampton

Geeta Gandbhir embarked on her career in narrative film under the guidance of Spike Lee and Sam Pollard. After working for eleven years in scripted film, collaborating with renowned figures such as the Coen Brothers, Robert Altman, and others, she transitioned into documentary filmmaking.

As a Director, credits include the series "Born in Synanon" for Paramount, "Eyes on the Prize" for HBO, "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power," which was nominated for the 2022 Critics Choice Award, won a 2023 SIMA Award, and is nominated for two 2023 Emmys. She directed and show ran the series "Black and Missing" for HBO which won a 2022 NAACP Award for Best Directing, a 2022 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Series, a 2022 ATAS Honors Award, and a Cinema Eye Honors for Best Series. She directed the film "Apart," with Rudy Valdez, for HBOMax, which was nominated for an NAACP Award and won a 2022 Emmy Award. Her short film from 2020, "Call Center Blues," with Topic Studios was shortlisted for the 2021 Academy Awards. She directed an episode "The Asian Americans" for PBS, which won the 2021 Peabody Award. Additional directing credits include the six-part series "Why We Hate" for Discovery, and "I Am Evidence" for HBO which won a 2019 Emmy, DuPont Award, and ATAS Award.

Her film "Armed with Faith" for PBS also won a 2019 News and Documentary Emmy, an episode of the Netflix series "The Rapture," focusing on rap artist Rapsody, "Prison Dogs," which she co-directed with Perri Peltz, and "A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers," for PBS. She also played a co-director and co-producer role in the "A Conversation on Race" series in collaboration with The New York Times Op-Docs. This series earned recognition, including an Online Journalism Award for Online Commentary, an AFI Documentary Film Festival Audience Award for Best Short, and a MacArthur Grant. She also co-produced the HBO film "The Sentence," directed by Rudy Valdez, which received a 2019 Primetime Emmy.

In her role as an Editor, her films have garnered two Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, and one Academy Award.

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Christalyn Hampton is an award-winning producer and casting director. Her most recent achievements include producing the Atlanta segment for the NAACP-nominated series Through Our Eyes: Homefront on HBO MAX, a feature documentary Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities, and The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Peacock) earned her a Peabody, Gracie, and Television Honor. She recently collaborated with renowned filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir on two projects: a documentary on one of our most renowned entertainers and businessmen and a four-part docuseries that will air on a major streaming network.

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