A group of young Indigenous kayakers is headed to the mouth of the Klamath River in free-flowing water after portaging around two dams and paddling through four former dam sites.
Author Archives: Jessie Sears, OPB
Jessie Sears is a documentary film producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, focused on the experiences and voices of Indigenous Communities. Jessie is an enrolled member of the Karuk tribe and a Wiyot descendant. Before OPB, she worked as an independent film producer, cinematographer and photographer with work spanning documentary, narrative and commercial.
Her previous work includes co-producing “The Caldera” a documentary following a proposed lithium mine on Paiute-Shoshone ancestral lands, and associate producer on “Undamming Klamath”, a documentary following the Indigenous-led dam removal project on the Klamath River.
Jessie was a 2024 BendFilm: Basecamp fellow, a training and mentorship program by the Bend Film Festival. She received her bachelor's degree in Communications from Portland State University in 2016.
When not producing, she continues to pursue photography as a hobby and can be found hiking with her partner and two dogs.