Crystal Kayiza was raised in Oklahoma and is now a Brooklyn, New York-based director. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, her most recent films include Edgecombe and See You Next Time. Her work has screened at Sundance, BAMcinemaFest, BlackStar, MoMa and appeared on The New Yorker, Starz and PBS.
Ian Hultquist is an American composer and producer based in Los Angeles, California. Over the past few years, he has made a name for himself composing the scores for numerous films, documentaries and TV shows, most recently working on the Netflix series How to Fix a Drug Scandal (directed by Erin Lee Carr).
Tiffany Hsiung is Peabody award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. Her debut feature documentary The Apology (2016) has won over 15 awards internationally. Tiffany is also a winner of the Peabody – Futures of Media Award (2018) and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Digital Production for The Space We Hold (2017). Hsiung’s recent film Sing Me a Lullaby (2020) […]
Nelson Gonzalez Navarrete is a multifaceted filmmaker born in Venezuela, living in Los Angeles, California. He began his film career making iconic music videos in the Latin American Hip-Hop scene and co-directed his first feature documentary, A La Calle, a film that explores the complex political tensions of Venezuela.
Patricia E. Gillespie is the daughter of a cable splicer and a seamstress. She loves verité, underdogs, and the Fujinon 19-90. She’d tell you about her next project, but has to use Signal. The director of The Devil You Know, a To Be Announced MTV Studios Documentary and the producer of Unrest, she is based in Brooklyn, […]
Ja’Tovia Gary is an artist and filmmaker whose work seeks to liberate the distorted histories through which Black life is often viewed. In 2017, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Her award-winning films have screened at festivals and cinemas worldwide. She has received generous support from Sundance, Cinereach, and […]
Asad Faruqi is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker with over a decade of experience behind the camera. He has lensed a number of award-winning films such as HBO’s Academy Award-winning Documentary Shorts, A Girl in the River and Saving Face. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Jessica Earnshaw is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work focuses on criminal justice and has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She won the Albert Maysles Best New Documentary Director Award at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival for her first feature film, Jacinta.
Lauren Domino is a writer and producer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a 2017 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow. Her work as a producer includes Alone, America, and Time. She co-hosts the podcast The Secret Lives of Black Women, which has been highlighted by The New York Times and Forbes.
Reid Davenport’s work focuses on disability from a political perspective. His in-production feature film, I Didn’t See You There, has been awarded the Doc Society’s New Perspectives Grant and was selected to be included in the 2020 IFP Week. Reid is a 2017 TED Fellow and based in Oakland, California.