Emily Kassie

Emily Kassie

Emily Kassie (born 15 December 1992; Toronto) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist, and cinematographer. Her debut feature documentary Sugarcane premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award. In 2016, Kassie won the World Press Photo award for multimedia on the cover up of DuPont's chemical spill in West Virginia and was also named one of NPPA's 2016 multimedia portfolios of the year for her work on radicalization of ISIS operatives and corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2017 she won an Overseas Press Club Award, a National Magazine Award and the ASNE's Punch Sulzberger award for her work reporting on the profiteers of the refugee crisis, in Niger, Turkey, Italy and Germany. In 2019, she won the World Press Photo award and was nominated for an Emmy for her New York Times documentary on sexual abuse in immigrant detention. In 2020, she won a National Magazine Award for her immersive documentary on immigrant detention and was nominated for a Peabody Award.She was named to Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020. In 2021, she was nominated for an Emmy for a Frontline documentary on undocumented immigrants in the pandemic. She was part of the PBS NewsHour team to win the Overseas Press Club award for a series on the fall of Afghanistan in 2021. She served as director, producer and cinematographer of Sugarcane with co-director Julian Brave NoiseCat. The film won the Grand Jury Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

  • Title: Emily Kassie
  • Popularity: 0.6999
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1992-12-15
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Homepage: https://www.emilykassie.com
  • Also Known As: Эмили Кэсси
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Emily Kassie Movies

  • 2010
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    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    7.488 2010 HD

    As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But...

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  • 2018
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    A Girl Named C

    A Girl Named C

    1 2018 HD

    A sensitive examination of child sexual assault, based on the case of a girl who was raped in her New Jersey elementary school by another...

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  • 2024
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    Sugarcane

    Sugarcane

    6.915 2024 HD

    An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

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  • 2020
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    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    1 2020 HD

    With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her...

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  • 2024
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    Sugarcane

    Sugarcane

    6.915 2024 HD

    An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

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  • 2020
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    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    1 2020 HD

    With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her...

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  • 2014
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    I Married My Family's Killer

    I Married My Family's Killer

    1 2014 HD

    Childhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

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  • 2020
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    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    1 2020 HD

    With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her...

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  • 2018
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    A Girl Named C

    A Girl Named C

    1 2018 HD

    A sensitive examination of child sexual assault, based on the case of a girl who was raped in her New Jersey elementary school by another...

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  • 2014
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    I Married My Family's Killer

    I Married My Family's Killer

    1 2014 HD

    Childhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

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  • 2020
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    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    1 2020 HD

    With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her...

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  • 2020
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    Detained

    Detained

    1 2020 HD

    A documentary immersive for The Guardian and The Marshall Project revealing the history of immigrant detention in America.

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  • 2020
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    Anatomy of Hate

    Anatomy of Hate

    1 2020 HD

    When three Muslim students are brutally killed by their neighbor, will the murders be classified as a hate crime?

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  • 2018
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    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    1 2018 HD

    Immigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon.

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  • 2017
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    Into the Deluge

    Into the Deluge

    1 2017 HD

    In this short documentary from The New York Times, we see the impact of Hurricane Harvey's force as its rains bore down on Texas in 2017. We follow a...

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  • 2014
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    Break Kids

    Break Kids

    1 2014 HD

    Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope...

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  • 2014
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    Break Kids

    Break Kids

    1 2014 HD

    Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope...

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  • 2014
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    Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow

    Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow

    1 2014 HD

    As a boy, Ward Miles Hall always wanted to be a circus performer. He made the dream a reality. He visited each circus as it came through his...

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  • 2014
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    Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow

    Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow

    1 2014 HD

    As a boy, Ward Miles Hall always wanted to be a circus performer. He made the dream a reality. He visited each circus as it came through his...

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  • 2018
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    Banished

    Banished

    1 2018 HD

    After passing a series of restrictive housing laws, Miami-Dade County faces an odd predicament: bands of nomadic sex offenders and a cat-and-mouse...

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  • 2014
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    I Married My Family's Killer

    I Married My Family's Killer

    1 2014 HD

    Childhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

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  • 2014
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    Break Kids

    Break Kids

    1 2014 HD

    Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope...

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  • 2017
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    Into the Deluge

    Into the Deluge

    1 2017 HD

    In this short documentary from The New York Times, we see the impact of Hurricane Harvey's force as its rains bore down on Texas in 2017. We follow a...

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  • 2018
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    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    1 2018 HD

    Immigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon.

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  • 2020
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    Anatomy of Hate

    Anatomy of Hate

    1 2020 HD

    When three Muslim students are brutally killed by their neighbor, will the murders be classified as a hate crime?

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  • 2014
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    Break Kids

    Break Kids

    1 2014 HD

    Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope...

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  • 2014
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    Break Kids

    Break Kids

    1 2014 HD

    Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope...

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    1 2018 HD

    Immigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon.

    img
  • 2018
    imgMovies

    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    I Just Simply Did What He Wanted

    1 2018 HD

    Immigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon.

    img
  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow

    Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow

    1 2014 HD

    As a boy, Ward Miles Hall always wanted to be a circus performer. He made the dream a reality. He visited each circus as it came through his...

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  • 2014
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    I Married My Family's Killer

    I Married My Family's Killer

    1 2014 HD

    Childhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

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  • 2020
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    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    Undocumented in the Pandemic

    1 2020 HD

    With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her...

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Anatomy of Hate

    Anatomy of Hate

    1 2020 HD

    When three Muslim students are brutally killed by their neighbor, will the murders be classified as a hate crime?

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  • 2024
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    Sugarcane

    Sugarcane

    6.915 2024 HD

    An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

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  • 2024
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    Sugarcane

    Sugarcane

    6.915 2024 HD

    An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E14

    7.5 1970 HD

    This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

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