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Tenth Annual Festival

9:30 min
Documentary
Director: Joel Engardio
Producer: Joel Engardio and Ateqah Khaki

Winner of the Global Justice

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Joel Engardio, Director

Joel P. Engardio directed, wrote and narrated Knocking, an award-winning documentary on Jehovah’s Witnesses that was nationally broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens in 2007. It was named Best Documentary at the 2006 USA Film Festival.

Joel has written for WashingtonPost.com, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Weekly, Christian Science Monitor and P.O.V. Magazine. In radio, his essays have been broadcast on KQED San Francisco and the NPR series This I Believe. In public relations, Joel worked as a senior media strategist for Manning Selvage & Lee, organized a national outreach campaign for his PBS documentary, and consulted for Stanford University’s Jade Ribbon Campaign. Joel also worked as a communication strategist and multimedia producer for the American Civil Liberties Union where he used reporting methods to find plaintiffs and communicated ACLU issues by producing online videos.

Joel was born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in journalism and history. He currently lives in San Francisco. More of his work can be seen at www.joelengardio.com.

Ateqah Khaki, Co-Producer

Ateqah Khaki works for the communication department of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she advocates for national security policies that are consistent with the Constitution, the rule of law, and fundamental human rights.

She plans and executes public education initiatives and advocacy campaigns related to national security issues, including work related to the prison at Guantánamo Bay, torture and detention, and government surveillance.

Prior to joining the ACLU, Ateqah worked as a publicist for Riptide Communications, a human rights and social justice-focused public relations firm that works with nonprofit organizations. She has worked on a variety of issues, including campaigns related to corporate accountability, environmental justice, peace and justice work, poverty awareness, and the growing movement to hold the United States accountable to international human rights standards.

Ateqah holds a degree in sociology from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington and lives in Brooklyn, New York.