CAA has signed documentarianJamila Wignot, who recently premiered her latest Ailey at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Wignot previously directed the Peabody, Emmy, and NAACP award-winning PBS miniseriesAfrican Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.
Her prior credits includethe Peabody Award-winningTriangle Fire andand the Emmy-nominated episodeWalt Whitmanfrom PBS’American Experienceseries.
As a producer, she has worked onW. Kamau Bell’sBring the Pain andMusa Syeed’s 2018 indie featureA Stray. Ailey, whichexplores dancer Alvin Ailey’s life and his connection to the dance company that still bears his name, was acquired by Neon out of Sundance..
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