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Jamila Wignot is an American film director and producer. Wignot has directed Ailey (2021), and co-directed Town Hall (2013) with Sierra Pettengill. In 2024, Wignot directed and produced Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. for HBO .
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 a Peabody, Emmy, and NAACP award; Town Hall a feature-length co-production with ITVS about the Tea Party movement; and for American Experience the Peabody Award-winning, Triangle ...
Jamila Wignot is known for The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013), American Experience (1987) and STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (2024).
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Jun 14, 2024 · Jamila Wignot understood going in to her assignment as director of the four-part HBO documentary series “STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.” that she had her work cut out to hit a...
May 21, 2024 · NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jamila Wignot, the filmmaker behind a new documentary series called Stax: Soulsville USA, about the story of the legendary record label.
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Jul 22, 2021 · The film’s director, Jamila Wignot, takes care to frame his choreographed works alongside his personal trajectory and ascent into a global dance legend.
'Ailey,' Jamila Wignot’s new documentary, explores the life that shaped the titan of 20th century dance, from his humble beginnings in rural Texas during the Great Depression to the loneliness that came with success.
