Three Worlds, One Stage

Directed By Jessica McGaugh and Roma Sur

Three Worlds, One Stage explores the preservation of ancient culture via three immigrant performing artists in Colorado. This is a story of three immigrant artists, who have reached creative heights through their struggle and determination.

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Three Worlds, One Stage explores the preservation of ancient culture via three immigrant performing artists in Colorado. This is a story of three immigrant artists, who have reached creative heights through their struggle and determination.

Jessica McGaugh is an independent filmmaker whose artistic practice explores stigma, silence, and taboo through intimate, emotionally charged storytelling. Her films are designed to disrupt silence and open conversation, often using humor to approach experiences shaped by discomfort, vulnerability, and shame. Her award-winning work ranges from comedies about menstruation to documentaries about multicultural dancers, and have screened across the globe including San Diego Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival, Mumbai International Film Festival, Coronado Island Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, NDTV, and Rocky Mountain PBS. Jessica’s feature films Red Pearl and Three Worlds, One Stage are available through AppleTV, Amazon, Roku, Vudu, and Walmart. Jessica is a hybrid filmmaker-educator and a professor of film and television production at San Diego State University.