Jessica Edwards has a broad background in the film industry as a director, producer, and publicist. She’s the founder of Film First, a production company that creates and distributes documentary features, shorts and new media projects including her directorial debut, Mavis! about soul and gospel pioneer Mavis Staples which won a Peabody in 2017.
Total trailers found: 12
01 October 2012
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world through act or invention—directed by the world's most celebrated documentary filmmakers.
15 March 2015
A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.
28 November 2018
RAMS is a documentary portrait of legendary designer Dieter Rams by filmmaker Gary Hustwit. For over fifty years, Rams has left an indelible mark on the field of product design with his iconic work at Braun and Vitsoe, and his influence on Apple.
13 June 2018
Through the lens of graphic design, “Design Canada” follows the transformation of a nation from a colonial outpost to a vibrant and multicultural society.
06 June 1997
Ty, Hector, and Bao are close friends in a tough section of Boston, where they're called "the PG-13 crew.
25 February 2012
Trash becomes energy at a small New York landfill where people are thinking differently about garbage.
09 November 2010
In the early 1900s, thousands of seltzer deliverymen criss-crossed the nation, schlepping heavy glass bottles full of fizzy water to millions of thirsty customers.
20 October 2020
The Map is a short documentary about a revolutionary redesign of New York City's iconic subway map. Filmmaker Gary Hustwit documents the process as digital agency Work & Co creates a new "live map" — one that updates in real-time — to help New Yorkers and tourists better plan their journeys.
18 January 2024
A generative documentary about artist Brian Eno, with 52 quintillion possible iterations, so that no viewing is the same twice.
11 March 2022
Skate Dreams, the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding, profiles a group of women whose pursuit of self-expression, equality, and freedom have created an international movement on and off their skateboards.
25 May 2016
Workplace is a documentary made by Gary Hustwit, in association with R/GA, for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
03 October 2025
Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.
