Healthcare, Women + Director, Women-Centered Stories

Jacinta

A Fiscally Sponsored Project

Director:

Jessica Earnshaw

2020
105 minutes

As a child, Jacinta became entangled in her mother’s world of drugs and crime and has followed her in and out of the system since she was a teenager. Despite her desire to rebuild her life for her daughter, Jacinta continually struggles against the forces that first led to her addiction.

Awards:

  • Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award–2020 Tribeca Film Festival
  • US Features Best Documentary- 2020 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
  • Best Documentary Feature- 2021 MountainFilm
  • Best Feature Film- 2021 Doquementa International Film Festival