3 Generations is a non-profit documentary film production company based in New York City.
The company's stated aim is "to support survivors of genocide and victims of crimes against humanity by helping them share their stories."[1]
3 Generations has produced documentary films includingThe Devil Came on Horseback, Tricked, A Different American Dream, Lost in Lebanon,[2] Pot Luck,[3] and Preserving the Holocaust.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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."[9]
| 2024 | Here Lived | Jane Wells | Produced by 3 Generations | |
| 2022 | A Kaddish for Selim | Jane Wells | Produced by 3 GenerationsAssociate Producer Paloma Perez | |
| 2021 | Any Given Day | Margaret Byrne | Produced byBeti Films in Association with 3 Generations | |
| 2021 | Preserving the Holocaust | Jane Wells | Produced by 3 Generations | |
| 2020 | Pot Luck | Jane Wells | Produced byJane Wells, Simon Brook | |
| 2020 | They Ain't Ready for Me | Brad Rothschild | Produced byRed Shield Pictures in partnership with 3 Generations | |
| 2018 | Go Debbie | Jane Wells | Produced by 3 Generations | |
| 2016 | A Different American Dream | Simon Brook | Produced by Jane WellsDistributed by 3 Generations | |
| 2016 | Lost in Lebanon | Georgia and Sophia Scott | Produced by Georgia Scott, Sophia Scott, & Jane WellsDistributed by 3 Generations | |
| 2016 | A System of Justice | Jane Wells & Brad Rothschild | Produced by 3 Generations | |
| 2016 | Three | Jane Wells | Produced by Elizabeth Woller and Jane Wells | |
| 2014 | German Concentration Camps Factual Survey | Sidney Bernstein | Distributed by3 Generations & Menemsha Films | |
| 2014 | In the Shadow of War | Georgia Scott and Sophia Scott | Distributed by 3 Generations | |
| 2013 | Tricked | John-Keith Wasson and Jane Wells | Produced byJane Wells and John-Keith Wasson | |
| 2013 | Native Silence | Jane Wells | Produced by 3 Generations | |
| 2012 | Lost Hope | Jane Wells | Produced by 3 Generations | |
| 2007 | The Devil Came on Horseback | Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern | Produced by Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, Gretchen Wallace, Jane Wells |
HERE LIVED (2023)
Official Selection, Shoah Aspen Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Australian Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, LAGERHAUS G Heritage Foundation 2024
Official Selection, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Jewish Culture Festival Copenhagen 2024
Official Selection, Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Gold Coast Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Sacramento Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Symbiotic Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Seattle Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, West Kortright Center Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Buffalo Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Greater Altoona Jewish Festival 2024
Official Selection, Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Brazina Documentary Series 2024
Official Selection, Charlotte Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum 2024
Official Selection, Miami Jewish Film Festival 2024
Official Selection, Congregation Shaara Tfille 2023
Official Selection, East Bay Jewish Film Festival 2024
A Kaddish for Selim (2022)
Winner, Best Documentary, Top Shorts 2021
Winner, Best Editing, Top Shorts 2021
Official Selection, New York Jewish Film Festival 2022
Official Selection, Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, Seoul International Short Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, Short Films Matter 2023
Official Selection, Women Over 50 Film Festival 2023
Honorable Mention, Best Human Rights Short Film, LA Independent Women Film Awards 2024
Any Given Day (2021)
Honorable Mention, Emerging International Filmmaker, Hot Docs Film Festival 2021
Nominee, Best International Documentary, Hot Docs Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, The Chicago International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, Montreal International Film Festival 2021
Preserving the Holocaust (2021)
Winner, Best Female Director, New York Tri-State Area Film Festival 2023
Winner, Best Documentary Short, New York Tri-State Area Film Festival 2023
Winner, Best Documentary Short, Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival 2023
Official Selection, Festival of Tolerance, Zagreb, 2022
Official Selection, UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) 2021
Official Selection, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2021
Winner, Award of Merit, Best Shorts Competition 2021
Official Selection, Miami Jewish Film Festival 2021
Finalist, Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, American Documentary And Animation Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, UK Jewish Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, Denver Jewish Film Festival 2022
Official Selection, Madrid International Short Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, Roma Short Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival 2024
Pot Luck: The Altered State of Colorado (2020)
Winner Best Documentary, Creation International Film Festival 2020
Winner Best Editing, Creation International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, SR Socially Relevant Film Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Manhattan Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, New Hope Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Rincon International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, The London Cannabis Film Festival 2020
They Ain't Ready For Me (2020)
Audience Award Winner for Best Documentary Film, Virginia Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Albuquerque Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Boston Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Cleveland International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Denver Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Memphis Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Miami Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, New York Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Seattle Jewish Film Festival 2020
Go Debbie (2018)
Official Selection, United Nations Association Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2018
Best LGBT Short, New York City Short Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Denver Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Bowery Film Festival 2019
Official Selection, The Impact DOCS Awards 2019
Lost in Lebanon (2017)
Official Selection, New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2017
Official Selection, One World Film Festival 2017
Official Selection, London Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2017
A Different American Dream (2016)
Official Selection, American Indian Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, Margaret Mead Film Festival 2016
Winner, Best Documentary, Red Nation Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, Reykjavik International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2016
Official Selection, Awareness Festival 2016
A System of Justice (2016)
Winner, Best Documentary Short, New York International Short Film Festival 2016
Winner, Best Documentary, West Chester Film Festival 2017
Official Selection, Manchester Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, New York International Short Film Festival 2016
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (2014)
Official Selection, Berlin International Film Festival 2014
Official Selection, Jewish International Film Festival 2014
Official Selection, Jerusalem Film Festival 2014
Official Selection, Melbourne International Film Festival 2014
Official Selection, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2015
In the Shadow of War (2014)
Nominated for First Appearance Award, IDFA 2014
Nominated for Oxfam Global Justice Award, IDFA 2014
Nominated for Special Jury Award, Sheffield Doc Fest 2014
Nominated for Best UK Film Award, Open City Doc Fest 2014
Official Selection, Movies That Matter 2015
Official Selection, One World 2015
Tricked (2013)
Official Selection, Montclair Film Festival 2014
Winner, Silver Lei Award, Honolulu Film Awards 2013
Native Silence (2013)
Winner, Award of Merit, Best Shorts Competition 2013
Finalist, USA Film Festival 2014
Official Selection, American Indian Film Festival 2013
Official Selection, Aspen Shortsfest 2014
Official Selection, Red Nation Film Festival 2013
Lost Hope (2012)
Winner, Metropolitan Film Festival Honorary Mention 2012
The Devil Came On Horseback (2007)
Winner, Seeds of War Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2007
Winner, Full Frame/Working Films Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2007
Winner, Docudrama Award, Amnesty International Media Awards 2008
Winner, Witness Award, Silverdocs 2007
Winner, Women In Cinema Lena Sharpe Award, Seattle International Film Festival 2007
Winner, Adrienne Shelley Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Nantucket Film Festival 2007
Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2007
Official Selection, Cinevegas 2007
Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival 2007
Official Selection, Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2007
Nominated, Best Documentary, Emmy Awards 2009
Nominated, Best News and Documentary, Emmy Awards 2009
Nominated, Gotham Independent Film Award, Gotham Awards 2007