Jessica Edwards
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Jessica Edwards | |
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| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
| Notable work | Mavis!, Seltzer Works |
Jessica Edwards is a Canadian-American filmmaker known for her documentary Mavis! about musician and civil rights figure Mavis Staples.
Edwards received a BFA in Cinema from Montreal’s Concordia University and a master's degree in Media Studies from The New School in New York City.[1] She began her career as a film publicist, working with filmmakers including Ang Lee, Sofia Coppola and David Cronenberg.[2] In 2010, she produced and directed her first short documentary Seltzer Works, about Kenny Gomberg, the last seltzer bottler in Brooklyn.[3] The film was broadcast on PBS as part of the documentary series POV in August, 2010.[3]
Tell Me Something
In 2013, Edwards edited and published Tell Me Something: Documentary Filmmakers,[4] a book of creative advice from 60 filmmakers including Errol Morris, Barbara Kopple, Albert Maysles, Martin Scorsese, Michael Moore, Gary Hustwit, Lucy Walker, Kim Longinotto, and others. The book's publication was funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.[5]