Michele Mitchell (born May 24, 1970) is an American filmmaker, journalist and author best known for her on-camera reporting for PBS and CNN Headline News and her documentaries Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?
Her first job was on Capitol Hill, where she was the youngest congressional communications director, for Rep. Pete Geren (D-TX), who became the Secretary of the Army for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
She particularly emphasized the Patriot Act, which earned her the verbal disdain of Attorney General John Ashcroft's staff and frequent appearances on Politically Incorrect.
In 2010, she began working on her own web series, tracking what happened to the money donated by private US citizens to major US charities after the earthquake in Haiti.
The film, which aired over 1,000 times in the United States on PBS stations generated controversy,[4] when the American Red Cross attacked it as "inaccurate".
In 2013, she began filming The Uncondemned with co-director Nick Louvel, a documentary about the first time rape was prosecuted as a war crime during the Rwanda genocide.
Here, it was aired in front of 700 people at the United Nations, hosted by the UN Special Representative for Rape in Conflict Zainab Bangura.
[16] The Uncondemned would receive universal critical acclaim, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers praising it as "a master class in demonstrating how people can change the world,"[17] "a courtroom thriller crackling with suspense",[18] and "most extraordinary are interviews with the women who came forward to provide evidence in court.
"[22] Victoire Mukambanda, Cecile Mukarugwiza, Seraphine Mukakinani and Mitchell fought back through lawyers over four months: ""When we went to testify, no one told us, 'This is where it ends from.