1. History Outside the Lens Of Whiteness | Wellesley Magazine
Jamila lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her husband and 4-year-old daughter. During COVID-19, Jamila maintained the same parenting philosophy she always has. She ...
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2. Interview: Director Jamila Wignot on 'Ailey' and the responsibility of ...
Jamila Wignot is no stranger to the world of documentaries. She's an award ... I am married to @sgitw and have two sons. Dewey Singleton. Latest posts ...
Interview: Director Jamila Wignot on 'Ailey' and the responsibility of taking on such an iconic figure

3. Jamila Wignot / Director - Insignia Films
Jamila Wignot is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her body of work includes, The African Americans, Many Rivers To Cross, hosted by Henry Louis Gates.
Jamila Wignot Director Jamila Wignot is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her body of work includes, The African Americans, Many Rivers To Cross,...

4. Jamila Wignot - Black Women Directors
Jamila Wignot is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her body of work includes The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, hosted by Henry Louis Gates.
Jamila Wignot is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her body of work includes The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross , hosted by Henry Louis Gates, which won Peabody, Emmy, and NAACP awards; Town Hall a feature-length co-production with ITVS about the Tea Party movement; and for Ameri

5. BGDM Member - Jamila Wignot
Jamila Wignot is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her body of work includes the Emmy-nominated Makers: Women in Business; The African-Americans: Many ...
6. STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.: Director Jamila Wignot talks new documentary
17 mei 2024 · The new documentary series “STAX: Soulsville USA,” about the iconic Memphis record label, is a story of groundbreaking music, hard truths and unhappy endings.
Documentary series "STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.," about the iconic Memphis label, is a story of groundbreaking music, hard truths and unhappy endings.

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Spouse. Jamila C Wignot. New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018. Marriage & Divorce. Mr Philip Kurnitz. Marriage.
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8. Alvin Ailey: the towering figure of dance who lived in the shadows
26 jul 2021 · When Jamila Wignot was a sophomore at Wellesley College, the Black ... In Wignot's retelling, Ailey comes off as a solitary artist married to his ...
In new documentary Ailey, the acclaimed public persona and troubled private life of the dance icon are explored

9. 'It's a Big American Story': Inside the Rise and Fall of Stax Records
6 aug 2024 · Jamila Wignot, director of the HBO documentary 'Stax: Soulsville ... But the other piece of it is that that mythology is so tied to Stax's pre-'68 ...
Jamila Wignot, director of the HBO documentary ‘Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.,’ discusses the label’s complex history and the “viciousness” of how it ended.

10. Jamila Wignot Discusses 'STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A.' - Essence
19 mei 2024 · Jamila Wignot's New Documentary Chronicles How Stax Records Went From Music Label To The American Dream. “I think there is a universal quality ...
“I think there is a universal quality to the story that speaks to anybody who's living on the margins and being told, ‘You don't have a right to exist,’ when in fact—yes, you do,” the filmmaker says.

11. Director Jamila Wignot on Connecting Musical History to ... - Awardsdaily
14 aug 2024 · Jamila Wignot: That is completely fascinating to me. Also, the ... And then married with the irony of all irony is that the very ...
Director Jamila Wignot’s STAX: Soulsville, USA, is one of the finest music documentary series I have ever seen. Hell, it’s one of the finest documentaries I’ve ever seen, period. Wignot and her team tell the story of the mighty STAX record label, which introduced such extraordinary artists to the world like Booker T. and the MG’s, Sam and Dave, Rufus…

12. "Ailey" Director Jamila Wignot on Capturing the Black, Gay Modern ...
22 jul 2021 · The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company is one of the best-known dance companies in the world. In its over 60-year history, ...
“I wanted him to be able to speak to his own sexuality in the way that he did.”
