Jennifer Pelling
Jennifer Pelling is a documentary film producer focused on telling personal stories to generate social impact. Both independently and as a member of Impact Partners, Sundance Catalyst, and Chicken & Egg, she has financed, executive-produced, and produced over 30 films, many that premiered at top-tier festivals. She is particularly interested in narratives related to inequity, Christianity, identity, journalism, technology, and connection.
In a small village in Northeast Nigeria, a community of mothers forge a path forward after the tragic events of April 2014 when their daughters were kidnapped by Boko Haram. The film follows four mothers over a farming season as they fight for their children and their futures.
Mothers of Chibok (DOC NYC 2024)
Co-Executive Producer
Over a year, 12 diverse Christian leaders explore contentious issues and seek fellowship at retreats in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They navigate divisions while holding onto their shared belief in love, testing the bonds they build.
Leap of Faith
Executive Producer
Crafting an audiovisual experience carefully designed to match that of its subject, Viktor is an intimate portrait of a Deaf person navigating chaos and violence amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Viktor (TIFF 2024)
Co-Executive Producer
Sugarcane (Sundance 2024, Full Frame 2024)
Co-Executive Producer
An investigation into abuse and missing children at a Canadian Indigenous residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Songs from the Hole (SXSW 2024)
Co-Executive Producer
James, a prisoner serving a double life sentence, struggles with being both victim and perpetrator of violence, expressed through hip-hop and soul.
Beyond Utopia (Sundance 2023, Telluride 2023; BAFTA nomination)
Co-Executive Producer
The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.
Going Varsity in Mariachi (Sundance 2023, SXSW 2023)
Co-Executive Producer
In high school mariachi, musicians from South Texas reigns supreme. Under guidance of coach Abel Acuña, the captains of Edinburg North High School team must turn shoestring and diverse inexperienced musicians into state champions.
An Act of Worship (Tribeca 2022)
Impact Campaign
Follows three Muslim women activists who have come of age since 9/11.
Dialogue Lab: America (National Day of Dialogue 2022)
Producer
Twelve Americans from across the political spectrum engage in a social experiment to test whether constructive dialogue is possible in today's polarized culture, and if so, how dialogue might be the first step in healing our nation.
Clean Slate (Atlanta Film Festival 2021)
Executive Producer
Two friends in a Southern drug recovery program struggle to come to terms with their addiction and mental illness by making a short film about the pain they've caused their families.
In Conjunction with Impact Partners
Homegrown (Venice 2024)
Three Trump supporters from different backgrounds unite to campaign across America in 2020, advocating for his re-election while laying foundations for what they hope will be a long-lasting political movement.
Mistress Dispeller (TIFF 2024, Venice 2024)
Filmed with an astonishing emotional intimacy, Mistress Dispeller follows the work of a Chinese woman who practices unorthodox techniques to repair marital infidelity.
Apocalypse in the Tropics (Venice 2024, Telluride 2024)
Focuses on how the evangelical movement paved the way for the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro and poses the threat of a national theocracy.
Eternal You (Sundance 2024)
Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.
The Bitter Pill (Full Frame 2024)
With his hometown ravaged by the opioid epidemic, plaintiff attorney Paul Farrell Jr. sets out to take on giant pharmaceutical companies to recover enough money to make a lasting impact for the area.
Another Body (SXSW 2023)
"Another Body" follows a college student's search for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.
Aftershock (Sundance 2022)
Following the deaths of two young women due to childbirth complications, two bereaved families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises today: the US maternal health crisis.
32 Sounds (Sundance 2022, SXSW 2022)
Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.
Decades after Tanya Tucker slipped from the spotlight, music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya's extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.
Ailey (Sundance 2021)
An immersive portrait of dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, told through his own words and a new dance inspired by his life.
In Production
IF BOTH COULD BE dir. Natalie Martyn, Executive Producer
CREEDE USA, dir. Kahane Cooperman, Executive Producer
THE INQUISITOR, dir. Angela Tucker, Co-Executive Producer
UNTITLED AI PROJECT, dir. Steve James
NUNS TOO, dir. Lorena Luciano
COOKIE QUEEN, dir. Alysa Nahmias, Co-Executive Producer
In Development
RACHEL IN LOVE, prod. Josh Penn, Executive Producer
WALKER, dir. Amy Bench
HUMAN KINDS, dir. Angela Chen, Executive Producer
