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Directing

Contessa Gayles

EN cinema · 6 credits

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

Filmography

Songs from the Hole poster

Songs from the Hole

EN · 20247.5

Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

The Debutantes poster

The Debutantes

EN · 2024Not rated

Director, Producer

Founder Girls poster

Founder Girls

EN · 2023Not rated

Director, Producer

For Our Children poster

For Our Children

EN · 20221.0

Director of Photography

Surge poster

Surge

EN · 20206.2

Cinematography

The Feminist on Cellblock Y poster

The Feminist on Cellblock Y

EN · 201810.0

Director, Editor, Director of Photography