The Honourable

Jane I. Wells
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Documentary filmmaker
Activist

Jane I. Wells is a documentary filmmaker and activist [1] whose films focus on global human rights and social justice issues.[2] She has produced over 40 short films including the award-winning shorts I'm a Victim, Not a Criminal (2010), Lost Hope (2012) and Native Silence (2013).[1] She is also a producer of the feature documentary films The Devil Came on Horseback (2007), Tricked (2013), A Different American Dream (2016),[3][4] and Lost in Lebanon (2017).

Career

In 2005 Wells became involved with The Devil Came on Horseback a feature-length documentary about the genocide in Darfur.[5] Ultimately she became a producer of the film, travelling to Darfur with her son to bear witness to the state of affairs.

In 2007, she founded 3 Generations, a non-profit organization that uses film to document stories of witness to crimes against humanity, through documentary film, oral history, witness testimony and creative writing.[6] Wells' articles on genocide and human rights have appeared in British Vogue,[7] Diversion[8] and Weston.[9] She is a regular guest blogger on the Huffington Post[1] and the HUB.[10]

Wells has said that making films that document crimes against humanity is “deeply connected to the family heritage”.[2] Her father, Sidney Bernstein, filmed the liberation of concentration camps at the end of World War II.[11] Wells has said that it was her father's greatest regret that the footage was never shown publicly, as he hoped it would serve as evidence for mankind of these atrocities.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jane Wells". Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Izikovich, Gili (17 July 2014). "Hitchcock's secret horror film of the Holocaust". Haaretz.
  3. ↑ The Devil Came on Horseback at IMDb
  4. ↑ Jane I. Wells at IMDb
  5. ↑ Steidle, Brian and Wells, Jane. Kathleen Dunn. Kathleen Dunn. Wisconsin Public Radio. October 18, 2007.
  6. ↑ Bruce Northam. "Helping Rwanda." June 10, 2008. Forbes Best Traveler.
  7. ↑ “Eye Witness.” Vogue (British). October 2005: 141-142.
  8. ↑ “A Doctor’s Life: Dedication in Darfur.” Diversion. August 2006: 24-26.
  9. ↑ “Three Generations: Is Bearing Witness Genetic?” Weston. Summer 2008: 153 – 157.
  10. ↑ Jane Wells on the HUB
  11. ↑ "Piece » Like Father, Like Daughter (Voices on Genocide Prevention)". PRX. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2010.


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