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Jennifer Abbott (born January 8, 1965) is a Sundance and Genie award-winning film director, writer, editor, producer and sound designer who specializes in social justice and environmental documentaries.
Sep 24, 2020 · ‘We have to face it’: filmmaker Jennifer Abbott on ecological grief. New film explores how grief can help us better understand ourselves and the climate crisis — and spur us to take action. By Zoë Yunker. Sept. 24, 2020 11 min. read. Share.
When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her up to the profound gravity of climate breakdown, drawing intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary.
Jennifer Abbott is a Sundance and Genie award-winning filmmaker who has been making films about urgent social, political and environmental issues for 25 years. She is best known as one of the Directors and Editor of The Corporation, frequently described as the most successful documentary in Canadian history.
Nov 8, 2021 · Jennifer Abbott, a Sundance award-winning director, explores the personal and global grief of climate change in her cinematic journey. The film features stories from the frontlines of environmental disaster, indigenous rights, and cancer survivors, and aims to inspire empathy and action.
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Jennifer Abbott is a Genie and Sundance award winning filmmaker dedicated to filmmaking as art, philosophy and activism. She is best known as the Co-Director and Editor of THE CORPORATION (2003), still the top grossing and most awarded documentary in Canadian history also credited as one of the top ten films to inspire the Occupy movement.