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SELECT AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2024. NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Doc - Netflix “Ladies First”
2024. IDA Award Nominee for Best Multi-Part Doc - Netflix “Ladies First”
2023. NAMIC Vision Award Winner for Reality Social Issues- Hulu “Hair Tales”
2023. NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Doc- Netflix “Ladies First”
2023. NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding News Series- Hulu “Hair Tales”
2023. Critics’ Choice Doc Award Nominee for Best Music Doc- Netflix “Ladies First”
2023 IDA Award Nominee for Best Episodic Series- Hulu “Hair Tales”
2022 GLAAD Award Nominee for Outstanding Doc- HBO “The Legend of the Underground”

DOC NYC.

Giselle served as a juror for the Doc NYC 2023 Metropolis competition. LINK
DEADLINE.

Concordia Studio, the award-winning executive producers of this year’s Academy Award-winning Summer Of Soul has announced four new exceptional filmmakers selected as part of the studio’s 2022 class of fellows for their signature program, The Concordia Fellowship. LINK
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

‘The Legend of the Underground’: Film Review | Tribeca 2021. In this HBO documentary, Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah celebrate the Nigerian youth challenging discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and living life on their own terms. LINK
NEW YORK TIMES.

‘The Legend of the Underground’ Review: Gay Activism in Nigeria. In this stylish documentary, young men discuss their country’s laws criminalizing gay sex. LINK
VOGUE.

A New Documentary Highlights the Resilience and Joy of Nigeria’s Queer Community. LINK
GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

Black female filmmakers explore underground Nigerian community in new documentary. LINK