Pamela Yates is an American documentary filmmaker and human rights activist. She has directed films about war crimes, racism, and genocide in the United States and Latin America, often with emphasis on the legal responses.
Yates was born and raised in the Appalachian coal-mining region of Pennsylvania. She ran away from home at age 15 to live in New York City.
She earned a degree in filmmaking from New York University. Yates was a co-founder of S...
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Pamela Yates is an American documentary filmmaker and human rights activist. She has directed films about war crimes, racism, and genocide in the United States and Latin America, often with emphasis on the legal responses.
Yates was born and raised in the Appalachian coal-mining region of Pennsylvania. She ran away from home at age 15 to live in New York City.
She earned a degree in filmmaking from New York University. Yates was a co-founder of Skylight Pictures, a documentary production company based in New York City.
Her 2006 film, State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism, about the findings of Truth and Reconciliation Commission concerning the internal conflict in Peru, was translated into 44 languages and broadcast in 157 countries.
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court, released in 2009, is about the work of the International Criminal Court. In 2010, Yates was nominated for two Emmys for it — Best Documentary Film and Outstanding Investigative Journalism...
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