
Jessie Sears
Jessie Sears is a documentary film producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, focused on the experiences and voices of Indigenous Communities. Jessie is an enrolled member of the Karuk tribe and a Wiyot descendant. Before OPB, she worked as an independent film producer, cinematographer and photographer with work spanning documentary, narrative and commercial.
Her previous work includes co-producing “The Caldera” a documentary following a proposed lithium mine on Paiute-Shoshone ancestral lands, and associate producer on “Undamming Klamath”, a documentary following the Indigenous-led dam removal project on the Klamath River.
Jessie was a 2024 BendFilm: Basecamp fellow, a training and mentorship program by the Bend Film Festival. She received her bachelor's degree in Communications from Portland State University in 2016.
When not producing, she continues to pursue photography as a hobby and can be found hiking with her partner and two dogs.
Latest Stories

Indigenous kayakers traverse 6 dam sites on the Klamath River and head for the ocean
A group of young Indigenous kayakers is headed to the mouth of the Klamath River after portaging around two dams and paddling through four former dam sites.

Indigenous youth prepare for the first descent down the Klamath River after dam removal
On Thursday, dozens of young kayakers from a variety of Indigenous tribes will embark on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the country’s largest dam removal project was completed last fall.

‘Friends of the Rez Dogs’ offer mobile veterinary care to reduce overpopulation of strays in Indigenous communities
First Nations Veterinary offers high-volume spay and neuter clinics to minimize animal overpopulation and suffering on Native American reservations.