About Judy
Judy Jackson has won many awards for her documentaries about Human Rights. Early in her career, at CBC's 'the fifth estate', she documented the abuses of Dictators in Chile, Argentina and Guatemala. Then, working from England, (BBC, ITV and C4), she made films including 'The Hidden Holocaust' (Guatemala), 'In Search of the Assassin' (Central America'). Her film 'They Shoot Children, Don't They?' (Guatemala), about street children murdered by the police, resulted in irate viewers writing in such numbers to the BBC, Amnesty International and the Guatemalan Government that policemen were finally convicted.
Returning to Canada, she made films such as 'The Toughest Job in The World', following Louise Arbour, then Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia as she indicted Slobodan Milosevic for barbarity in the Balkans.
Her most recent film, 'The Ungrateful Dead: In Search of International Justice' documents the establishment of the International Criminal Court and the rebirth of International Justice. Made for History Television, it is narrated by Peter Gabriel who says:
“I believe this new move is, for the first time,
responding to the cries of the victims by bringing the
bodies of the dead back to their loved ones and
seeking justice for them"
About JudyFilms BC Inc.
Judy Jackson was the first woman Director/Producer to be hired by “The Fifth Estate.” Since that time, working from Canada and England, she has made over 100 documentaries about Human Rights and Social Justice.
These films been broadcast by the CBC, CTV, TVO, Vision TV, and Knowledge in Canada; by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in England; and on the Discovery Channel and A&E in the U.S.
She has won more than 60 international awards. Her documentaries focus on ‘Light in Dark Places,” and many have also led to change:
- “They Shoot Children, Don’t They?” about policemen shooting street children in Guatemala City led to international outrage and the imprisonment of four policemen. (BBC)
- “Stephen Lewis: The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep.” A Trilogy of films about his amazing work as HIV/AIDs envoy to Africa raised over $1million for ‘The Stephen Lewis Foundation” (CBC ‘The Nature of Things.”)
- “War In The Mind” about a treatment program at UBC for soldiers returning from war with PTSD and suicidal thoughts, raised $1 1/2 million to treat more soldiers. (TVO and Knowledge)
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In addition to international television broadcasts, all of the documentaries have reached wide audiences through educational distributor Bullfrog in the United States and is also being distributed around the world by Amnesty International and The Coalition for an International Criminal Court.
Further, many of these films have been seen at prestigious documentary and human rights film festivals.
