Jannat Gargi
História
Jannat Gargi is an award-winning creative producer and film executive. Prior to joining Westbrook Inc., as Senior Vice President of Documentaries, she was Vice President of Documentaries for VICE Studios overseeing development for a slate of premium documentaries and series including ESPN's 30 For 30 series about the American Gladiators and Executive Producer of three time Academy Award nominated documentary FLEE (2022).
Prior to VICE Studios, Gargi served as Head of Documentary Films for Vulcan Productions where she developed and produced a wide range of acclaimed, cause-based documentary films including the Academy Award Nominated documentary and BAFTA winning Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (2022), Academy Award Nominated short documentary, Lead Me Home (2022), Master of Light, Best Documentary Prize winner SXSW (2022), Academy Award nominated short documentary, Hunger Ward (2021), and Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning Body Team 12 (2016). In her work as an independent producer, Gargi co-executive produced the Academy Award nominated short documentary Knife Skills (2018) and produced the Emmy nominated feature documentary CIRCO (2010).
Gargi is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS), the Producer's Guild of America (PGA), serves on the Board of Directors for Washington FilmWorks and is the Co-Chair of The Redford Center, a non-profit that harnesses the power of media to engage people and galvanize environmental action.
Executive Producer
Lift shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young homeless and home-insecure ballet dancers in New York City and the mentor that inspires them.
Executive Producer
Este documentário segue o artista George Anthony Morton em seu retorna a sua cidade natal após 10 anos preso. Por meio de sete retratos, sua história de vida é contada em forma de uma reflexão poética sobre a luz e a sombra.
Executive Producer
Filmmaker Jamie Boyle, a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 honoree, turns the camera on her own family when her mother and sister become dependent on opioids. Drawing upon footage shot for over 30 years, Boyle creates a poignant and timely study of the deadliest man-made epidemic in United States history. The film is an eye-opening look at what it means to suffer, to survive, and to experience life in all of its pain and beauty.
Co-Producer
Quando o aposentado cirurgião cardíaco Ben Givens descobre que tem um câncer terminal, ele leva seu amado cachorro em uma última caçada, determinado a acabar com sua vida em seus próprios termos. A jornada de Ben, no entanto, toma um rumo inesperado e logo se torna uma aventura contra a qual ele se coloca com estoicismo, inteligência e determinação.
Executive Producer
Em 1969, no mesmo verão em que ocorreu Woodstock, outro festival musical foi organizado no Harlem, em Nova York, para celebrar a música norte-americana e a história afro-americana. As imagens do concerto Harlem Cultural Festival, filmadas há 50 anos e inéditas até hoje, capturam um empolgante momento cultural nos Estados Unidos, embora subestimado historicamente. Entrevistas com artistas que participaram do evento são intercaladas com as apresentações de, entre outros, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson e Mavis Staples, Sly & the Family Stone e Nina Simone.
Producer
A fisherman (Matt Beacham) and young mother (Emily Beth Beacham) have a chance encounter when their lines become tangled. But in this story of a mother’s desperate love, there’s more beneath the surface.
Executive Producer
Filmado de dentro de dois dos centros de alimentação terapêutica mais ativos do Iêmen, HUNGER WARD documenta duas trabalhadoras de saúde lutando para impedir a disseminação da fome no cenário de uma guerra esquecida. O filme oferece um retrato inflexível da Dra. Aida Alsadeeq e da enfermeira Mekkia Mahdi enquanto tentam salvar a vida de crianças famintas em uma população à beira da fome.
Producer
EDDY'S WORLD is a fascinating portrait of a 98 year old working toy inventor. Best known for the iconic "chattering teeth" and 800 classic toys, he shares his passion for creativity and his philosophies of life and aging. Eddy lives in a retirement community and we follow him through his daily routine - working on new models in his garage machine shop, writing short stories on his computer, creating translucent lithophane portraits with his new 3D printer., walking and exercising. Eddy began designing toys on the Batfish Submarine during World War II. He is an endearing story teller who believes that optimism and new ideas keep him young and healthy.
Executive Producer
Uma experiência cinematográfica imersiva de pessoas autistas que não falam. O documentário é baseado em um livro escrito por Naoki Higashida quando ele tinha apenas 13 anos. O filme acompanha um jovem japonês em uma jornada por uma paisagem épica. Como um turbilhão de pensamentos, sentimentos, impulsos e memórias afeta todas as suas ações, ele gradualmente descobre o que seu autismo significa para ele, como sua percepção do mundo difere da dos outros e por que ele age dessa maneira.
Producer
Three days leading up to Tiler Peck's direction and performance of a ballet exhibition in Los Angeles.
Co-Executive Producer
Edwin’s Restaurant is determined to become one of America’s top French restaurants, with a staff unlike any other in the country. Brandon Edwin Chrostowski prepares to open his Cleveland, Ohio fine dining establishment with a staff composed nearly entirely of recently released prisoners in search of an opportunity to get their lives back on track. They sign up for a classical French food boot camp to learn the ins and outs of fine wine, sauces, and more.
Consulting Producer
O documentário acompanha a trajetória de um grupo de alunas prestes a se formar em um colégio de Baltimore. Formando um time de dança de Step, elas batalham diariamente para conseguir um lugar na faculdade enquanto lidam com os problemas raciais que estão estourando em sua cidade.
Producer
Tells the story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which saw soccer teams from all over the world gather in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium to compete in front of more than 100,000 spectators. It was the last women’s World Cup until the official FIFA event 20 years later. Dismissed by the male-dominated football associations around the world, the event was written out of history — until now.
