Increasing empathy on a global scale through the power of documentary storytelling. Zana began in the documentary space early in her career, interning for esteemed NYC documentarian Marc Levin at Blowback Productions. She has spent the last 6 1/2 years as a part of the Netflix Documentary team, working with a wide array of […]
Set Hernandez is a filmmaker and community organizer whose roots come from Bicol, Philippines. As a queer, undocumented immigrant, they dedicate their filmmaking to expand the portrayal of their communities on screen. Set’s past documentary work includes the award-winning short Cover/Age (2019) and impact producing for Call Her Ganda (Tribeca, 2018). An alumnus of the […]
Advancing deaf and disability access for equity in documentary filmmaking and viewing. Cheryl Green MFA, MS is a captioner, audio describer, audio and video producer, 2017 AIR New Voices Scholar, and a Member-Owner and the Digital Operations Lead at New Day Films. She brings her personal experiences with invisible disabilities to creating media that explores […]
Creating economic and creative pathways for short-form documentary filmmakers to work and thrive. Chloe Gbai is an Emmy-nominated producer and the Director of IF/Then Shorts at Field of Vision, a program that identifies and supports original, standalone short documentaries by filmmakers working in and representing their communities. Previously, as the POV Shorts and Streaming Producer, […]
Advocating for underrepresented storytellers and creating space for voices that will go unheard if not fought for. Multi-Emmy-nominated Abby Lynn Kang Davis primarily collaborates with storytellers and curators in non-fiction. Throughout her career, Abby has focused on breaking underrepresented voices into the commercial television and film industry. Her specialized skill set identifying viable talent, advocacy […]
Presenting to the public diverse and consequential documentaries to illuminate complex social issues. Robert Y. Chang is the Coordinating Producer of America ReFramed and is part of the American Documentary Programming & Production team. American Documentary is the producer of POV, POV Shorts, and America ReFramed. America ReFramed is committed to presenting diverse stories that […]
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 […]