3 Generations is a non-profit documentary film production company based in New York City, United States. It aims to highlight human rights abuses through film. The company's films include The Devil Came on Horseback, Tricked, and A Different American Dream.
Background 3 Generations was founded by director Jane Wells in 2007 after a visit to Western Sudan, where she witnessed the impact of the Darfur genocide on survivors.
Whilst in Darfur, Wells encountered photojournalist Brian Steidle, with whom she agreed to produce The Devil Came on Horseback, a film about his experiences documenting the genocide.
Wells' father, Sidney Bernstein, was a filmmaker and producer, who accompanied the Allied Forces during the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, documenting the conditions inside the concentration camp. Suppressed at the time by Britain's post-war government due to foreign policy concerns, Bernstein's film was restored in 2008 by the Imperial War Museum, with production from 3 Generations, and released in 2017 under the title German Concentration Camps Factual Survey.
Wells stated in 2007 that the impetus for using the medium of documentary film to highlight human rights injustices is to "foster the healing process and illuminate our common humanity."
Aims The company's stated aim is to "document stories of human rights abuses through film. We enable survivors of crimes against humanity to record their experiences as an act of healing, a call to action, and to create historical evidence."
Filmography 3 Generations has produced documentary films including The Devil Came on Horseback, Tricked, A Different American Dream, Lost in Lebanon, Pot Luck,Preserving the Holocaust and Here lived.HERE LIVED. +Films Year Film title DirectorProduced/Distributed by2024Here LivedJane WellsProduced by 3 Generations2022A Kaddish for SelimJane WellsProduced by 3 Generations Associate Producer Paloma Perez2021Any Given DayMargaret ByrneProduced by Beti Films in Association with 3 Generations2021Preserving the HolocaustJane WellsProduced by 3 Generations2020Pot LuckJane WellsProduced by Jane Wells, Simon Brook2020They Ain't Ready for MeBrad RothschildProduced by Red Shield Pictures in partnership with 3 Generations2018Go DebbieJane WellsProduced by 3 Generations2016A Different American DreamSimon BrookProduced by Jane Wells Distributed by 3 Generations2016Lost in LebanonGeorgia and Sophia ScottProduced by Georgia Scott, Sophia Scott, & Jane Wells Distributed by 3 Generations2016A System of JusticeJane Wells & Brad RothschildProduced by 3 Generations2016ThreeJane WellsProduced by Elizabeth Woller and Jane Wells2014German Concentration Camps Factual SurveySidney BernsteinDistributed by 3 Generations & Menemsha Films2014In the Shadow of WarGeorgia Scott and Sophia ScottDistributed by 3 Generations2013TrickedJohn-Keith Wasson and Jane WellsProduced by Jane Wells and John-Keith Wasson2013Native SilenceJane WellsProduced by 3 Generations2012Lost HopeJane WellsProduced by 3 Generations2007The Devil Came on HorsebackAnnie Sundberg, Ricki SternProduced by Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, Gretchen Wallace, Jane Wells
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