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Contessa Gayles

Contessa Gayles

Directing

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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.

Known for

Songs from the Hole
Surge
The Feminist on Cellblock Y
Founder Girls
The Debutantes
For Our Children

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