Sweta Vohra (she/her) is a New York City-based journalist, filmmaker, and producer at Multitude Films. Prior to joining Multitude, she was a producer/director on The New York Times series The Weekly, on FX and Hulu, and produced/directed more than a dozen films for Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines. She is currently in post-production for a BBC […]
Cai Thomas grew up in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood and is deeply interested in stories rooted in place about Black youth and elders. Her most recent films include Queenie, which follows a Black lesbian elder in Brooklyn, and Change The Name, which follows Black youth organizing on the west side of Chicago.
Samantha Stark directed Framing Britney Spears and Controlling Britney Spears as part of The New York Times Presents on FX and Hulu. Before that, she worked as a director/producer on The New York Times series The Weekly and shot and edited short documentaries and video series as a staff video journalist for the Times.
Austin-based filmmaker Iliana Sosa is the co-director of the documentary short An Uncertain Future (SXSW 2018, Jury Award for Best Texas Short). She was a Berlinale Talents participant and a Sundance Institute Development Fellow with her first feature documentary, What We Leave Behind. She has also received support from the Ford Foundation, Field of Vision, […]
Mike Shum is the son of Hong Kong immigrants and was born and raised in Denver, CO. He specializes in cinematography and journalism. His work includes directing, and producing observational documentaries for Al Jazeera’s Witness series. He is a frequent contributor to PBS Frontline with films Predator on the Reservation and American Voices: A Nation […]
Nevo Shinaar is a producer based in Chicago. His award-winning films have been shortlisted and nominated at the Academy Awards, played at film festivals including Sundance, SXSW and Palm Springs, acquired by Disney+, HBO Max, POV, NYT and Criterion Channel, and supported by Tribeca Film Institute and Sundance Institute. Nevo also serves as the Head […]
Sharon Shattuck is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and podcast host. Picture A Scientist was an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and broadcast on PBS’s NOVA. Her feature doc, From This Day Forward, was a New York Times Critic’s Pick and aired on PBS’s POV. She’s the co-creator of the New York Times […]
Born in Mexico City, director Rodrigo Reyes makes films deeply grounded in his identity as an immigrant artist. His work has received the support of The Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), Sundance and Tribeca Institutes, and the Firelight Media’s William Greaves Fund. He is the Co-Director of the BAVC Media Mediamaker Fellowship program and a proud […]
Richard Peete is a New York-based filmmaker, producer and founder of Neighborhood Watch. He has produced films including Blue Ruin (Cannes 2013), See Know Evil (DOC NYC 2018), The Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn and Fashion At War: Crafting The Nazi Brand. His directorial debut Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (DOC NYC 2020, Greenwich […]
Nneka Onuorah is an acclaimed filmmaker, producer and activist of Nigerian-American descent whose projects focus on championing empathy and social justice. Her work includes HBO’s Legends of the Underground; GLAAD Award-nominated The Same Difference; Unt. Big Grrls with Lizzo for Amazon; The G Word with Higher Ground for Netflix; and commercials/campaigns for Cadillac and Fivr.