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Jiayan "Jenny" Shi
Biography
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi is a Chicago-based documentary filmmaker who is passionate about social justice issues regarding people of color. Her debut documentary “Finding Yingying” won the Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Voice at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Jenny has also worked on several projects as a researcher, digital content editor, and translator including the ITVS co-produced web series “Pulling The Thread” and the Academy Award-winning documentary “American Factory”. Jenny is a graduate of Kartemquin's Diverse Voices In Docs program, a TFI Network alum, a fellow of the Inaugural Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship, and a DOC NYC “40 Under 40” filmmaker.