Jessica Edwards

strongJstrongessica Edwards is a documentary filmmaker and author She received a BFA in Cinema from Montreals Concordia University and a Masters Degree in Documentary Studies from the New School in New York City Her 2015 documentary emMavisem is her first featurelength film It premiered to a standing ovation at SXSW 2015 She is pictured at the 2015 Hot Docs film festival in Toronto In 2013 Edwards edited and selfpublished Tell Me Something Documentary Filmmakers a book of advice from documentary filmmakers including Al Maysles DA Pennebaker Martin Scorsese Errol Morris Michael Moore Barbara Kopple and over 50 more international filmmakers The book was lauded in the New York Times Documentary Magazine Filmmaker Magazine and othersbrbrbr