Jessica Beshir

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Jessica Beshir is a Mexican-Ethiopian documentary filmmaker, producer and cinematographer based in Brooklyn. She graduated in Film Studies and Literature at UCLA, after which she made several internationally acclaimed short films. The short documentary He Who Dances on Wood (2016) was selected for Hot Docs and won Best International Documentary Short at Edmonton Film Festival and the Jury Award at Anchorage International Film Festival. Hairat (2017) premiered at Sundance, was screened at IFFR and IDFA and won several awards at various other festivals. Beshir is a recipient of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, Jerome Foundation and NYFA Fellowships. Faya Dayi (2021) is her feature debut.


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200 American

as Model
Released: 2003-08-10

Conrad is a gay man living in NYC. He's also CEO of an ad agency and by nature a control freak....

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Until the Night

as Partygoer
Released: 2004-06-12

Robert is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope...

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Distortion

as Gerry
Released: 2006-03-26

When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the...

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The DL Chronicles

as Sarah Thomas
First aired: 2007-05-04

The DL Chronicles is a series of short stories about men of color who lead double sex lives....

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