Jane Wells

Who is Jane Wells?

Jane I. Wells is an Emmy-nominated independent documentary filmmaker and activist whose films focus on global human rights and social justice issues. In 2007, she founded 3 Generations, a non-profit organization which use film to document stories of witness to crimes against humanity. She has produced over 40 short films including the award-winning shorts Lost Hope, Native Silence and I'm a Victim, Not a Criminal. She is also a producer of the feature documentary films, The Devil Came on Horseback and Tricked.

She has said that making films that document crimes against humanity is “deeply connected to the family heritage”. Her father, Sidney Bernstein, filmed the liberation of concentration camps at the end of WWII. Wells has said that it was her father's greatest regret that the footage was never shown publicly, as he hoped it would serve as evidence for all mankind that these atrocities had indeed taken place.

Wells has said that the motivation behind forming her organization, 3 Generations, was to enable the next generation to stop genocide.

She quotes her father as saying: “All we can do now is to honor the dead and try to battle for peace.”