Jess Gormley

Executive Producer, Documentaries and Features at The Guardian

Executive Producer of the Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy winning strand, Guardian Documentaries [email protected]

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No Man Is an Island: a British society and its historic push for gay rights

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Lindsay Poulton |Ekaterina Ochagavia |Jess Gormley
No Man Is an Island: a British society and its historic push for gay rights

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Jess Gormley |Ekaterina Ochagavia |Lindsay Poulton

This creative documentary immerses us in a little-known chapter of gay history. In 1992, the Isle of Man was one of the last places in western Europe to decriminalise homosexual acts. Through verbatim reconstruction and newly discovered archives, we understand the impact of discriminatory parliamentary debates, controversial media coverage and overreaching police surveillance.
Fox Chase Boy: stand up comedy confronts trauma in a Catholic community

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Lindsay Poulton |Jess Gormley
Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Lindsay Poulton |Jess Gormley
Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jess Gormley |Lindsay Poulton

Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan - formerly the Soviet Union's primary nuclear weapons testing site. He teaches schoolchildren about how bombs were tested, and how – more than 30 years after the site was decommissioned – the surrounding community is only beginning to comprehend radiation's lasting deadly effects.
King of the Fells: Joss Naylor, the shepherd with an unbeatable running record

Dec 18, 2024 | theguardian.com | Seth Whitfield |Joseph Edwards |Felicia Morizet |Lindsay Poulton |Jess Gormley
Old Lesbians: reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling

May 22, 2024 | theguardian.com | Jess Gormley

From first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out and from loss to connection. For the last 25 years, retired schoolteacher Arden Eversmeyer travelled from Houston across the US to record hundreds of oral 'herstories' from a rapidly disappearing population. Old Lesbians honours Arden’s legacy by animating the resilient, joyful voices she preserved in the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project – a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience and unwavering spirit of these remarkable women
Pressure and Release: horse therapy for young Indigenous Australians

Apr 24, 2024 | theguardian.com | Jess Gormley
The Digital Divide: could you live without the internet?

Mar 13, 2024 | theguardian.com | Jess Gormley
Ukrainian Factory: two years of war for a Mykolaiv key worker

Feb 21, 2024 | theguardian.com | Olha Zhurba |Darya Bassel |Lindsay Poulton |Jess Gormley