Jed Riffe is an American filmmaker and founder of Jed Riffe Films +
Electronic Media. For over 30 years his documentary films have focused
on social issues and politics including: Native American histories and
struggles (Ishi, the Last Yahi, California's "Lost" Tribes, Who Owns
the Past?,) and agriculture, food and sustainability issues (Ripe for
Change,). He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.Riffe was
born in Dallas, Texas, and attended El Centro College in Dallas, where
he studied journalism. In 1968, he published The Good Life magazine
and soon became politically involved in the civil rights and anti-war
movements in Texas.He organized demonstrations as part of the national
Vietnam Moratorium Committee campaign, and was hired as the Texas
organizer for Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. It was then
that he began showing documentary films as a tool for social change.
His filmmaking is an extension of his early activism.His most
acclaimed film, Ishi, the Last Yahi was released theatrically and
broadcast nationally on the PBS series The American Experience. The
film went on to win "Best Documentary" awards at eight major national
and international film festivals and was nominated for a national Emmy
award in 1994.
Electronic Media. For over 30 years his documentary films have focused
on social issues and politics including: Native American histories and
struggles (Ishi, the Last Yahi, California's "Lost" Tribes, Who Owns
the Past?,) and agriculture, food and sustainability issues (Ripe for
Change,). He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.Riffe was
born in Dallas, Texas, and attended El Centro College in Dallas, where
he studied journalism. In 1968, he published The Good Life magazine
and soon became politically involved in the civil rights and anti-war
movements in Texas.He organized demonstrations as part of the national
Vietnam Moratorium Committee campaign, and was hired as the Texas
organizer for Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. It was then
that he began showing documentary films as a tool for social change.
His filmmaking is an extension of his early activism.His most
acclaimed film, Ishi, the Last Yahi was released theatrically and
broadcast nationally on the PBS series The American Experience. The
film went on to win "Best Documentary" awards at eight major national
and international film festivals and was nominated for a national Emmy
award in 1994.
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