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Jessica Sanders is an American producer, director and screenwriter.

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Accolades

Together with Freida Lee Mock, Sanders was a nominee for the Best Short Documentary in 2001 for the film Sing!. [1] Further, she won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2005 for the documentary After Innocence .

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References

  1. "The 74th Academy Awards, 2002". AMPAS. Retrieved January 10, 2019.