Jamila Wignot
Years active 2003–present
Jamila Wignot is an award winning American documentary filmmaker and producer from Brooklyn, New York.[ 1] Ailey Town Hall (2013) with Sierra Pettengill. In 2024, Wignot directed and produced Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. HBO .
Career
Wignot began her career serving as a production coordinator, researcher and director on American Experience PBS .[ 2]
In 2013, Wignot co-directed with Sierra Pettengil, Town Hall , a documentary revolving around activists in the Tea Party movement for ITVS .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Makers: Women Who Make America [ 6] [ 7] Finding Your Roots [ 8] The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross [ 9]
In 2021, Wignot directed and produced Ailey 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was released in July 2021, by Neon .[ 10] [ 11] Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. HBO Documentary Films .[ 12] [ 13]
She has served as a producer on A Stray [ 14] Riotsville, U.S.A. [ 15]
References
^ "Brooklyn-based filmmaker-director Jamila Wignot puts her magic touch on STAX: SOULSVILLE, USA" . WBGO . Retrieved 2025-01-30 .^ "Jamila Wignot" . Sundance Institute . Retrieved May 12, 2024 .^ Lasker, Julia (May 31, 2023). "Jamila Wignot Shows the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of American Society" . FF2 Media . Retrieved May 12, 2024 . ^ "Town Hall" . ITVS . Retrieved May 12, 2024 .^ " . WYNC . Retrieved May 12, 2024 .^ "PBS Announces Six New MAKERS Documentaries to Air June through September 2014" . PBS . Retrieved May 12, 2024 .^ ^ Robinson, Jennifer (November 4, 2019). "Finding Your Roots: Black Like Me" . PBS . Retrieved May 12, 2024 . ^ "Race in America: Giving Voice with Sylvia Waters & Jamila Wignot" . The Washington Post . Retrieved May 12, 2024 .^ Debruge, Peter (December 15, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Features 38 First-Time Directors, Including Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright" . Variety . Retrieved February 3, 2021 . ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 31, 2021). "NEON Acquires Jamila Wignot's Documentary 'Ailey' – Sundance" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 3, 2021 . ^ White, Peter (May 3, 2022). "Stax Records Docuseries Set At HBO From Jamila Wignot & Ezra Edelman" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 12, 2024 . ^ "HBO Original Documentary Series STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A. Debuts May 20" . Warner Bros. Discovery . Retrieved May 12, 2024 .^ Gaulppo, Mia (February 3, 2021). " . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 12, 2024 . ^ Kilkenny, Katie (April 28, 2022). "Magnolia Pictures Lands North American Rights to Sundance Doc 'Riotsville, USA' (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 12, 2024 .
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