University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna Jacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, has been named to the inaugural Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy 2023 Documentary Film Fellows class. Olive is an independent filmmaker with nearly 20 years of experience in journalism and film.…
Read moreUniversity of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) alumna Jacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, is featured in “Directors of Apple TV+’s ‘Lincoln’s Dilemma’ Talk Shedding New Light on U.S. President” published on REALSCREEN on Feb. 23. Olive is an independent non-fiction filmmaker who worked with Barak Goodman on “Lincoln’s Dilemma,”…
Read moreJacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, is featured in “Filmmaker Explores First Steps Toward Justice and Reconciliation” published in the “Independent Lens” Race & Ethnicity blog on pbs.org on Feb. 20. Olive is an independent non-fiction filmmaker who made her feature documentary directing debut with the searing Always in Season, which premiered…
Read moreJacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, was featured in “’Always in Season’ Review: Lynching is Not Just Part of America’s Past” published in The New York Times on Sept. 19. Olive is the creator of a documentary centering on the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging…
Read moreJacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, has won the 2019 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency for her film “Always in Season.” The documentary centers on the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina,…
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