Jennifer Abbott is a documentary maker, media artist, cultural activist and editor. She produced, directed & edited A Cow at My Table, a feature documentary about the agribusiness vs. animal rights controversy and the battle for the consumer's mind. A Cow at My Table was her first feature documentary, with over 12 international awards and nominations including the Gold Special Jury Prize at WorldFest Houston, Best Documentary at the New Jersey International Film Festival and New York’s Narrowsburg International Film Festival, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies Media Commendation Award and the Silver Certificate at Italy's Prix Leonardo International Festival of Film, TV and Multimedia.
Abbott edited and story edited Achbar’s Two Brides And A Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage. Her other past work include the experimental short and video installation about interracial relationships Skinned which toured North America and Europe including New York's Museum of Modern Art. She is the editor and a contributing writer for the book Making Video "In": The Contested Ground of Alternative Video on the West Coast, and she teaches at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.
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