Jayme Kaye Gershen

Jayme Kaye Gershen is a filmmaker and photographer based in Miami. Her work uses creative nonfiction to explore emotional experiences that reflect on the human condition. Gershen’s short film “Six Degrees of Immigration,” about her own marriage divided by immigration policy, won a 2019 Suncoast Emmy. Her feature documentary “Birthright,” about Cuban American electro-pop musicians Afrobeta, won a 2023 Suncoast Emmy. Gershen’s latest short, “Garden High,” premiered at New Orleans Film Festival in 2023. She is in post-production for her next short, “Mango Movie,” an observational documentary about Miamians, mangos and changing climates. Gershen is also in development for her second feature documentary “Six Degrees: The Poetics of a City in Flux,” about Miami’s cultural, economic and geographic divide.