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Contessa Gayles
Known for
Directing
Biography
Contessa is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist, and an Emmy-nominated producer. She tells stories about identity, socio-political movement, healing, liberation, and radical imagination, with a focus on race and gender.
Best known work
Songs from the Hole
2024
Surge
2020
The Feminist on Cellblock Y
2018
For Our Children
2022
Founder Girls
2023
The Debutantes
2024Filmography
2024
The DebutantesDirector, Producer
2024
Songs from the HoleDirector, Producer, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
2023
Founder GirlsDirector, Producer
2022
For Our ChildrenDirector of Photography
2020
SurgeCinematography
2018
The Feminist on Cellblock YDirector, Editor, Director of Photography