JESSICA VALE
Jessica is an accomplished non-fiction film producer and editor, working in New York City for over a decade. Her credits include work for CBS News, NBC News, National ZGeographic, Discovery Channel, History Channel, The Weinstein Co, and more. “Small Small Thing” is her documentary directorial debut.
When she’s not deep in the documentary world, Jess spends her time as a musician and artist. In 2005 and 2007, her singles appeared on the Billboard charts. Her work has been featured in publications around the world such as the front page of the Times London art section, Wired Magazine and the NY Daily News.
FLASHBACKS
DIRECTOR: JESSICA VALE
“Flashbacks” is a short scene from the award winning documentary “Small Small Thing.” In “Flashbacks” we meet a young Liberian man who can’t escape his past as a civil war commander. He talks freely of the abuse he afflicted on women during the war and how his wife now bares that burden.
BENDU AND OLIVIA’S STORY
DIRECTOR: JESSICA VALE
“Bendu and Olivia’s Story” is a short scene from the award winning documentary “Small Small Thing.” In this scene, 9 year old Olivia Zinnah has just had a colostomy operation in Monrovia, Liberia. The procedure saved her life after years of infection from a severe fistula. There are 2 versions of the story about how her injury occurred. That of her Western medical doctors, and that of her tribal village.