Ed Scott

Ed Scott is a filmmaker with a passionate interest in architecture. The idea for City of Dreams (2005), came to him while working in Eritrea for the United Nations as a video producer. City of Dreams is a documentary about the Eritrean capital Asmara, in East Africa. It showcases the city's stunning art deco and Futuristic structures built by Italian colonizers in the 1930s. City of Dreams explores the ambiguities of the city's architectural legacy which, though treasured by its inhabitants, also holds bitter memories of racial segregation. Scott's latest project is Journey Along the Slave Route, which is about the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in Ghana, West Afric. He has also contributed his talents to several filmed-media productions. He served as an additional videographer on the award-winning documentary film, Hoop Dreams and more recently worked as co-producer and videographer on Faith in the Hood, a documentary nearing completion about the role of religion in the southeastern communities of Washington, DC. In addition to his filmmaking experience, Scott served as an assistant professor of video production in the School of Communication at American University from 1996 through 2000, and prior to that he lectured in video production in the Communication Department at Antioch College from 1993 through 1995.