{"id":1062,"date":"2022-02-08T10:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newschoolmediastudies.org\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2022-02-08T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:07:10","slug":"jessica-kingdons-ma-media-studies-2014-award-winning-doc-ascension-released-by-mtv-doc-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/mediastudies\/2022\/02\/08\/jessica-kingdons-ma-media-studies-2014-award-winning-doc-ascension-released-by-mtv-doc-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Kingdon&#8217;s (MA Media Studies 2014) Award Winning Doc &#8220;Ascension&#8221; Nominated for 2022 Best Documentary Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realscreen.com\/2021\/06\/18\/jessica-kingdons-ascension-highlights-2021-tribeca-jury-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After winning the Best Documentary Film Award and the Albert Maysles Award for best new documentary director at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ascension_(film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous other accolades<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ascensiondocumentary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Ascension,&#8221;<\/a> the documentary feature directed and produced\u00a0 MA Media Studies alum Jessica Kingdon has been nominated for the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/awards\/awards\/2022-oscar-nominations-list-nominees-1235172582\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Oscar for best documentary feature film.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jessica was also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/ascension-documentary-jessica-kingdon-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed by Vogue magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ruq5qESMl1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/womenandhollywood.com\/tribeca-2021-women-directors-meet-jessica-kingdon-ascension\/\">Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Jessica Kingdon &#8211; 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