Sasha Schell is a documentary filmmaker and open-source investigative journalist from Berkeley, CA. As the Supervising Reporter at the Berkeley Human Rights Center, he reports outcomes from HRC’s investigations and supports student research. As a filmmaker, he has investigated how global supply chains for beef and palm oil have fueled violent land conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon. His most recent work examines the use of less lethal weapons against civilians in protests in the US. Before coming to Berkeley, Sasha was an associate producer and archival researcher for PBS FRONTLINE covering the conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan.
