Jane I. Wells is a documentary filmmaker and activist
[ whose films focus on global human rights and social justice issues.][
] 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).
Career
In 2005 Wells became involved with '' The Devil Came on Horseback'' a feature-length documentary about the genocide in Darfur. 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
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
that uses film to document stories of witness to crimes against humanity, through documentary film, oral history, witness testimony and creative writing.
Wells' articles on genocide and human rights have appeared in British Vogue, Diversion and Weston. She is a regular guest blogger on the Huffington Post[Jane Wells on th]
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Wells has said that making films that document crimes against humanity is “deeply connected to the family heritage”.[ Her father, Sidney Bernstein, filmed the liberation of concentration camps at the end of World War II.][
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3 Generations
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American documentary filmmakers
American people of British-Jewish descent
Daughters of life peers
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