Kristen Lovell has been an advocate in the trans community for over 20 years. As an actress, she appeared in Random Acts of Flyness, and she was co-producer of the award-winning feature The Garden Left Behind. The Stroll is her directorial debut. Instagram: @kplgrams / Twitter: @kikilovell
Meredith Broussard is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University and the research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. She is the author of an upcoming book, More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (MIT Press, 2023), as well as […]
Jenna LeDoux is the Vice President of Brand & Communications at The Just Trust, an organization dedicated to powering criminal justice reform across the country. She has a background in nonprofit and philanthropic communications – working at both the national and global level – and has also served in various grantmaking roles. Prior to The […]
Ira Deutchman has been making, marketing and distributing films since 1975, having worked on over 150 films including some of the most successful independent films of all time. He was one of the founders of Cinecom and later created Fine Line Features—two companies that were created from scratch and, in their respective times, helped define […]
I am a blind bilingual Latina deeply committed to ensuring that culture is a shared space for all, a fervent advocate for disability inclusion, and a lover of documentary films. In my role as Workflow Manager for Quality and Inclusion at Descriptive Video Works, I am dedicated to developing pathways and building frameworks for gainful […]
Fredara Mareva Hadley, Ph.D. is an ethnomusicology professor at The Juilliard School where she teaches courses on African American music and musics of the world. Her current book project, I’ll Make Me a World, focuses on the rich musical legacies that flow from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Her commentary is featured in several documentaries […]
William Tyner (he/him) is a director, producer, and founder of DELU Productions. He is also a Researcher at Google where he works across questions of justice, equity, and product inclusion. His latest film is The People’s Way, a feature length documentary that follows Jeanelle Austin, Robin Wonsley, and Toshira Garraway, three Black women in Minneapolis […]
Alex Ricciardi has been an editor and writer of documentary films for over a decade.
Jon Halperin is a three-time Emmy winning filmmaker and co-founder of Room 608, a New York-based production company. He has made films and series for Netflix, Amazon, PBS, History, National Geographic, and The Atlantic. His work has screened at festivals around the world. A Trip to Infinity (Netflix) recently won the Emmy for best art […]
Willie Elias is an Audio Post Production Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, His clientele ranges from Advertising Agencies, Independent Film Directors, Artists, TV Networks Producers and others. After attending The University of Puerto Rico, Willie continued his Audio and Video Production education by enrolling at The Music Business Institute /The Art Institute in Atlanta. With […]