The Canal Zone

by Erica Tennyson
TV Hour

An American teenager spends the summer in Panama, where her father is a judge in the Canal Zone, during which she is caught between a life of obedience and rebellion.

Erica Tennyson is a 2021 graduate of Columbia’s Creative Producing program. From 2012 to 2017 she worked in Operations and Production for major film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, AFI Fest, and San Francisco International Film Festival. She was producer and director of the Big Bear Film Festival for two years. In 2020 her screenplay, After Party, was included in the Sloan Mentorship Program. She has completed development internships at Blumhouse, Kaleidescope and Nine Stories Productions.