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Emily Kassie

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Emily Kassie

Born December 15, 1992 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada (age 33)

Emily Kassie (born 15 December 1992; Toronto) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist, and cinematographer. Her debut feature documentary Sugarcane premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award. In 2016, Kassie won the World Press Photo award for multimedia on the cover up of DuPont's chemical spill in West Virginia and was also named one of …

Known For

Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldScott Pilgrim vs. the World · 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
★ 7.52010
MovieActionComedy
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
SugarcaneSugarcane · 2024
Sugarcane
★ 7.02024
MovieDocumentary
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
DetainedDetained · 2020
Detained
2020
MovieDocumentary
A documentary immersive for The Guardian and The Marshall Project revealing the history of immigrant detention in America.
A Girl Named CA Girl Named C · 2018
A Girl Named C
2018
MovieDocumentary
A sensitive examination of child sexual assault, based on the case of a girl who was raped in her New Jersey elementary school by another eleven-year-old student.
I Married My Family's KillerI Married My Family's Killer · 2014
I Married My Family's Killer
2014
MovieDocumentary
Childhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Undocumented in the PandemicUndocumented in the Pandemic · 2020
Undocumented in the Pandemic
2020
MovieDocumentary
With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her husband detained by ICE in a facility where COVID is spreading. Also in this two-part hour, Love, Life & the Virus.
Ward Hall: King of the SideshowWard Hall: King of the Sideshow · 2014
Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow
2014
MovieDocumentary
As a boy, Ward Miles Hall always wanted to be a circus performer. He made the dream a reality. He visited each circus as it came through his hometown. The King of the Sideshows started his career in the 1940's.
BanishedBanished · 2018
Banished
2018
MovieDocumentary
After passing a series of restrictive housing laws, Miami-Dade County faces an odd predicament: bands of nomadic sex offenders and a cat-and-mouse game to move them.

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