Tab Ballis
Wilmington, NC
The horrific 1990 murder of Talana Kreeger still challenges our assumptions about legal, religious, and media responses to LGBT hate crimes.
Tab Ballis is a social worker in Wilmington, NC who extends the potential for telling human stories through filmmaking. Collaborating with Andy Myers of Working Films, Tab produced the documentary, “My Marriage is not Threatened by Gay Marriage in North Carolina,” which won the 2013 National Association of Social Workers Media Award. Tab produced and directed 2013 and 2014 SAGE Story videos, co-sponsored by AARP and the national SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) organization.