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Documentary Filmmaker

I am a documentary filmmaker and the Founder of Studio 15, a socially responsible fashion brand. After leaving a 15-year career in the corporate fashion world, I started a company focused on doing good and supporting women.

#84 Special Features: Documentarian Jia Wertz Ep. 84
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March 12, 2021

#84 Special Features: Documentarian Jia Wertz

This week on The Reel Debaters Micheal sits down with filmmaker Jia Wertz to talk about her documentary Conviction about Jeffrey Deskovic who at 16 years old was convicted of the rape and murder of Angela Correa, a 15 year old high school classmate and why true crime and its genre in film grab at us and we can't not watch. Jia is a talented , thoughtful filmmaker who pursues stories that explore the conflict between institutional systems and individuals victimized by those institutions in the...
Guest: Jia Rizvi