Director Biography – Mishal Mahmud (BREACH OF TRUST)

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Mishal Mahmud is a Pakistani filmmaker and second year MFA student studying film and television production at the University of Southern California. At USC, she made five short films and became deeply passionate about directing, editing, and producing. Her love of both film and social justice eventually led her to developing and directing Breach of Trust, her first documentary short.

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For three decades George Tyndall was the only full-time gynecologist at USC, and although complaints of sexual misconduct were lodged against him as far back as 1989, Tyndall was not asked to resign until 2017 after a nurse named Cindy Gilbert reported him to the rape crisis center.

George Tyndall was given a financial payout and was not reported to the state medical board or law enforcement agencies. Although an independent investigation had found him guilty of sexual misconduct, it was not until the LA Times released an…

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