Jess Kelly
Documentary Filmmaker & Journalist
Jess is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist who has dedicated much of her career to making investigative documentaries in the Middle East.
In 2021 Jess received a BAFTA nomination in the Emerging Talent: Factual category for her two most recent BBC Arabic documentaries, “The Schools That Chain Boys” and “Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market.”
“The Schools That Chain Boys” (2020) investigates child abuse in Sudan’s Islamic schools. The film won a Royal Television Society Award and an Amnesty award, was nominated for a Peabody Award and was shortlisted for a Grierson award. The film’s reporter, Fateh Al Rahman Al-Hamdani, also won the One World...
Stories from Jess Kelly
India’s Rape Scandal
India’s Rape Scandal
Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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