Mandy Jacobson

Director

Biography

South Africa

Mandy Jacobson serves as the Executive Producer of the African Oral History Archive. She is a multiple award winning filmmaker, who won two Emmy Awards for her documentary Calling the Ghosts: A Film about Rape, War and Women in Bosnia and with the Bill Moyers team won the Peabody for PBS feature, Facing the Truth. She heads up Indelible Media, a multi-media production company dedicated to showcasing African cinema and television for international broadcast and theatrical release. Her 2013 documentary, Plot for Peace, co-directed with Carlos Agulló, screened at numerous festivals and won several awards including Best Documentary at the Stockholm Film Festival and Audience Award for Best Foreign Documentary, as well as International Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2013 São Paulo International Film Festival.

Filmography

Calling the Ghosts (1996)
Locked Up (2001)
Wide Angle: Road to Riches (2003)
Plot for Peace (2013)
A Tribute to the Frontline States (2014)
Ten Year Tightrope: Rebels with a Cause (2014)
The Foreign Minister (2014)

Films Curated by AFF