Alexandria Bombach is a cinematographer, editor and director from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her feature-length documentary ON HER SHOULDERS follows Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who survived genocide and sexual slavery by ISIS. Now free, Nadia must navigate the bureaucracy and fame of being a human rights figure.

Bombach gives insight on how filmmakers and the media should portray stories of trauma. She also explains her decision to produce, shoot and edit all her own films.

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