Asheville, NC, USA
$600 - $1800 / Day
Jess Wiegandt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker working in the wildlife and environmental film industry. She is a freelance camera operator and editor with experience working on multi-day expeditions, filming on boats, and seeking out stories in wild places. She has her MFA in Film and Media Arts, is a Wilderness First Responder, and has a background in expedition leadership and experiential education.
"A River Called Home" follows the journey of four women who launch at the headwaters of the James River in Virginia and paddle to the Chesapeake Bay. For three weeks, the team faces challenges along the way, including whitewater rapids and a river with a history of pollution. Along the way, the team conducts a water quality study, asking how our waterways are being protected and what more we have left to do.
The Patuxent River is a crucial tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. Despite the central role the river has played in the history of the Bay's environmental movement and abundant conservation resources funneled to it over the years, it remains polluted. Its riverkeeper, Fred Tutman believes that environmental injustice exists along its banks.
“Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty” tells the up and down, always fascinating and ever-evolving tale of the greatest experiment in religious freedom that the world has ever seen. Told in fast-moving chapters that highlight the stories and struggles of six American faith communities – Quakers, Baptists, Black churches, Catholics, Mormons and Jews – this two-hour documentary then widens its focus to examine recent challenges to Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Native Americans and
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