Jen Senko

Jennifer A. Senko born June 23, 1954, is an American documentary filmmaker, author and truth-in-media activist. She is best known for her work on the documentary films The Vanishing City, and The Brainwashing of My Dad. Senko is a regular contributor on podcasts and panel discussions.

Life and career
Senko graduated on the Dean's List from Pratt Institute, where she studied communications design and painting. She directed the 2000 short, Road Map Warrior Women; a road trip documentary about extraordinarily independent women in the West. She co-directed the 2010 feature documentary, The Vanishing City, along with Fiore DeRosa, about gentrification's dire consequences in New York City and in other major cities around the world.

Senko directed the 2016 film, The Brainwashing of My Dad about her father's cult-like transformation from a non-political, easy-going Democrat to an always-angry, extreme Republican after he discovered talk radio on a lengthened commute to work.

Publications

 * 2021 – The Brainwashing of My Dad ISBN 978-1-7282395-9-0