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Jessica Kingdon is a Chinese American director and producer. She was nominated for the 2022 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing the documentary Ascension.
Ascension (Chinese: 登楼叹; pinyin: Dēnglóu tàn) is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Jessica Kingdon. It follows the pursuit of the Chinese dream through the social classes, prioritizing productivity and innovation.
Oct 8, 2021 · “I was brainstorming different factories to shoot in,” explains Jessica Kingdon, director of the documentary Ascension, about China’s industrial supply chain. “I thought about how...
Jessica Kingdon is a Chinese-American documentary director/producer named one of “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine and selected for the DOC NYC “40 Under 40” list. She is currently directing Untitled Animal Project, supported by Sandbox Films and Impact Partners.
Nov 15, 2021 · Ascension: Directed by Jessica Kingdon. The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
Jan 13, 2022 · After four years shooting her witty, eye-popping documentary about the Chinese economy, director Jessica Kingdon grabbed the last scenes in December 2019.
Mar 8, 2022 · As Jessica Kingdon made eight trips to China to shoot her first feature “Ascension,” a meditational look at China’s factory life and consumer society, she didn’t imagine a large audience ...
Making its world premiere in the documentary competition program at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, Jessica Kingdon’s debut feature ASCENSION is an engrossing, and at times funny, disturbing, and cautionary portrait of the Chinese industrial complex.
Mar 8, 2022 · Jessica Kingdon’s Oscar-nominated documentary Ascension premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Festival, and won the Best Documentary Feature award. In addition, Jesscia also received the 2021 Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director, an accomplishment that few have achieved at Tribeca.
Mar 27, 2022 · Mar 27, 2022 3:11pm PT. ‘Ascension’ Review: Oscar-Nominated Doc Will Change the Way You Look at China. An instant classic, Jennifer Kingdon's remarkable essay film offers a window into a nation's...
