Fighting inequality in the film industry by advocating for BIPOC women and non-binary documentary professionals. Iyabo Boyd is the founder and director of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, whose mission is to bolster the creative and professional success of women and non-binary people of color working in the documentary industry, and to challenge the often […]
Fostering awareness and advocacy about documentary’s role in social change and democracy through research, convenings, and creative collaboration. Caty Borum Chattoo is Executive Director of the Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI), an innovation lab and research center at American University’s School of Communication that creates, showcases and studies media designed for social change; […]
Strengthening collaborative and sustainable film distribution spaces and practices for historically underrepresented artists and audiences. Brenda Avila-Hanna is an award-winning filmmaker, video journalist, and educator. Born and raised in Mexico City, her films mostly focus on transnational narratives between Latin America and the United States. Her work has been showcased at HotDocs, Lakino Berlin, Frameline, […]
Sam Pollard is an Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated director and producer whose latest film is MLK/FBI. His past work includes the documentaries Four Little Girls, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Slavery by Another Name, Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me, ACORN and the Firestorm, Why We Hate, and Atlanta’s Missing […]
Jean Tsien is a veteran documentary editor, producer, and story consultant. In 2020, she served as a producer on 76 Days and an executive producer on the series Asian Americans. Her editing credits include: Something Within Me, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, Malcolm X: Make It Plain, Solar Mamas, Please Vote For Me, Dixie Chicks: Shut […]
Yvonne Welbon is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of the Chicago-based non-profit Sisters in Cinema, inspired by her documentary of the same name about the history of Black women feature film directors. She is a Senior Creative Consultant at Chicken & Egg Pictures, and has produced and distributed dozens of award-winning films, including Living With […]
Alexander Nanau is a German-Romanian filmmaker. His latest documentary Collective premiered at the 2019 Venice and Toronto film festivals and will be released in the United States in November by Magnolia Pictures and Participant. His previous documentaries include The World According to Ion B, winner of an International Emmy Award; and Toto and His Sisters, […]
Fever Content is a full-service digital marketing agency based in Los Angeles that builds innovative social media and paid media content for films, cinemas, film festivals, record labels, and musicians, by fusing traditional know-how with emerging technologies and platforms. Their creatively rich and data-driven strategies help clients achieve their goals by reaching audiences not just […]
Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Bri’anna moved to the East Coast after graduating from DePauw University where she studied Film Studies and Communication. She’s excited to be back at DOC NYC again this year.
