Jessie Zinn
Directing
Biography
Jessie is an award winning director from Cape Town. As a child of the South African theatre industry, her versatile experience with performance has informed her ability to work across different genres and mediums. Her films have screened at Doc NYC, AFI Docs, MoMA Doc Fortnight and Visions Du Reel, and have received Vimeo Staff Picks. She has been featured in publications like Red Bull, Bubblegumclub, Between 10 and Design Indaba. In 2017, she was named a "Marie Claire Future Shaper" and in 2018 she was named a "Mail & Guardian 200 Young South African". Her latest film, Drummies, was acquired by the New Yorker. She is currently represented for commercials by Giant Films, and has a Masters in Fine Arts in Documentary Film from Stanford University.
Known For
In a meditation on the meaning behind sports in a Post-Apartheid South Africa, three young girls muse on their hopes and dreams as aspiring Drum Majorettes.
Drummies
Across the Bay Area, illuminated windows reveal volunteers for Exhale, a hotline for women seeking help in processing their abortion experiences. In the still of night, these volunteers lend an ear to those who need it.
Wavelengths
A good-humored portrait of the oldest and largest Jewish homes in South Africa as its clients kvetch about companions and battle to elect a new Resident Committee.
The Home
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Faces of fortune
One evening in L.A., a group of womxn gather to learn how to take back the speculum.