A Coat of History

ADRIANA DAVIS is a filmmaker, director, producer, writer, editor, voice actor, and coach in film, television, and radio since 1991 and, in 1995, founded her production company D-Squared Media.

She has co-directed, produced, co-wrote and edited a film series documenting Iraq’s Jewish culture and history: THE LIFE OF FRANK INY (1999) and SEARCHING FOR BAGHDAD (2002) aired on PBS and at worldwide festivals. THE LAST JEWS OF BAGHDAD (2005) has screened to sold-out audiences worldwide and on Jewish Life TV. SAVING THE IRAQI JEWISH ARCHIVES (2020) was featured at the NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, Miami Jewish Film Festival, and was selected as Best Human Rights Documentary at the Montreal Independent Film Festival.

In 2025 Ms. Davis released an award-winning documentary DANCING WITHOUT STEPS: THE ART OF IMPROVISATION WITH MARGARET BEALS (2025) which she co-directed, edited and produced screening at among others, the New Jersey International Film Festival; Exeter Dance International Film Festival, Exeter, UK; New York International Film Awards (Best US Short, Best Editing), Canadian International Short Film Fest, Vancouver, BC (Award of Commendation).

Most recently, she produced and edited a short documentary, UNEARTHING HISTORY: EXPLORE THE ANCIENT SIDE OF AVON (2026), to introduce and
summarize the 20-hour webinar series produced by the Avon Historical Society that explores the discovery of Paleo-Indian artifacts in Avon, Connecticut, where she currently resides.

Ms. Davis has also produced and edited narrative films including a feature-length romantic comedy PLAY IT BY EAR (2006) starring Oscar® Winner Rita Moreno, noir thriller KILL JOHNNY MILLS (2006), and comedy LIKE A SPRINGSTEEN SONG (2007). A GRAND IDEA (2023) offers the story of one man’s 60-year quest to mount a Broadway production of his Yiddish version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” (Di Yam Gazlonim).

Throughout her film work, Ms. Davis has also managed productions of award-winning documentary television for A&E, History Channel, CNN, CourtTV, BET, and ESPN; in 2001, she produced a weekly radio show, COURAGEOUS RADIO, for WNEW-FM; and she is a sought-after voice actor and coach.

TERRI WILSON is the president of the Avon Historical Society, she was first elected in 2008. Terri joined the Society when she moved to Avon in 1991. A graduate of Simsbury High School, she has a BA in Political Science and Spanish from Eastern CT State University and an MA in Spanish from Middlebury College.

She enjoyed an 18-year career serving on the staff of CT federal and state elected officials when politics wasn’t like it is today! Later, she was head of government affairs for the state’s credit union association, and her last position was assistant director at a medical device nonprofit in Hartford.

Terri is also the volunteer manager of the Sperry Park kiosk for the Farmington Valley Trails Council and assists her husband, Lee Wilson, with his VFW and American Legion activities at the local, district, and state levels.

In November, 2024, the Avon Chapter of UNICO National presented the 27th annual Avon Citizen of the Year Award to Terri Wilson.