Robin Truesdale

Robin Truesdale

is a professional photographer, editor and graphic designer with more than twenty years of video production experience. With a background in television news and educational video, she began making documentary films while in graduate school in 2001. Her independent work deals primarily with social justice, culture, and humanitarian issues.


work in progress
Robin recently returned from a trip to Kenya where she worked with International Peace Initiatives to create a video and website materials about women's issues worldwide. The project will be in post production over the next six months. A short documentary is possible.

previous films
Tumbuka (2009) Last summer Robin completed her third independent documentary which was shot on location in Zimbabwe. The film was partially funded by grants from National Geographic All Roads and the Boulder County Arts Alliance. Tumbuka tells the story of a young Zimbabwean man who is trying to educate his village's youth about gender equality and AIDS. It has screened at an HIV/AIDS conference at the University of Oregon (April 2009), as part of the Zimbabwe Music Festival in Boulder, Colorado (June 2009), and at the Women's International Grassroots Peace Congress in Kenya (August 2009). In September 2009, the film screened at the African Culture Festival in Beijing, China, as well as the Moondance Film Festival in Boulder.

Conviction (2006) A documentary film about three nuns sentenced to federal prison after their symbolic protest of nuclear weapons.

Rhythm Bridge (2005) A man's love of Zimbabwean music takes him on a 3,000-mile journey, on foot and bicycle, to raise money for AIDS orphans and poverty in Zimbabwe.

other than documentary...
Currently, Robin fits her passion for documentary around her busy schedule as Editor/Photographer at InJoy Videos, providing educational parenting and childbirth videos to health institutions nationwide. She is married and has two teenage sons, making sure there is never a dull moment in any given day!

When possible, Robin does freelance work through her own company, RT Editing. Her projects and clients include eCrossculture, Inc., the Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation, Colorado Energy Science Center, Careers for the 21st Century, The Art of Thai Yoga Massage, Yoga With Richard Freeman, Great Divide Pictures, NBC, ABC, and 1996 Olympic Games Coverage.

In 2003, Robin received her Master's Degree from the University of Colorado School of Journalism. During her course of study, she was a graduate assistant and adjunct professor, teaching video photography and editing, and coordinating the student-produced television news program.

From 1987 to 1996, Robin was a television news editor at KUSA-TV Denver where she edited daily news, in-depth series, and TV specials. She received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Colorado School of Journalism in 1987.

Robin is a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society, Denver Film Society, Boulder County Arts Alliance, Boulder Digital Arts, and Boulder Filmmaker's Collective. She also performs with Pick Up Sticks Marimba, an Africa and World Music percussion group that performs at festivals, conferences, and private events along Colorado's front range and beyond. http://www.pickupsticksmarimba.com