Joseph Patel is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He recently produced the feature, Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. The film won the 2021 Oscar for Best Documentary Film, as well as multiple other awards (BAFTA, Grammy, Peabody, Independent Spirit, PGA, and more).
Molly provides collaborative oversight to NBC News Studios premium documentary business. Prior to NBC News Studios, Molly was Executive Producer Special Projects at Abigail Disney’s Fork Films, and the founding producer of Sundance Institute’s Catalyst Initiative. She is an Academy Award shortlisted and a prime-time Emmy award winning producer with over two decades of experience […]
Dessane Lopez Cassell is a New York-based editor, writer, and curator. Her work centers nuanced approaches to race, gender, and decoloniality in non-fiction, experimental film, and artist’s moving image. As Editor-in-Chief of BlackStar’s journal, Seen, Cassell focuses on platforming film, art, and visual culture writing by and about people of color.
Sally Berger is a film and media curator, writer, teacher, and consultant. She was recently Visiting Instructor, Visual Studies, Haverford College and a fellow at New York University, Center for Media, Culture, and History. She worked as Assistant Curator and Co-founder/Director of Documentary Fortnight, Department of Film, at The Museum of Modern Art (1986 -2016).
Jon Dieringer is the founder and editor-in-chief of Screen Slate, a New York City-based film publication and curatorial organization. His programming has appeared at venues including Anthology Film Archives, Roxy Cinema Tribeca, Spectacle, and the Museum of Arts and Design, and he currently works as a commissioning editor for A24’s publishing arm.
Edo Choi is the associate curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image, as well as a freelance critic and projectionist.
Sarah Colvin is an acquisitions, production and development executive at independent distributor NEON, known for boundary-pushing films including 2022 Palme d’Or winner TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, Sundance and Cannes selection THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MEMORIA. In the doc space, NEON has released theatrically MOONAGE DAYDREAM, triple academy nominated FLEE, APOLLO 11, […]
Jonathan is the Head of Documentaries & Strategic Partnerships at Propagate. Propagate has recently produced a variety of documentaries including Untold (Netflix), Emmy-nominated LFG (HBO Max), and Emmy-nominated Hillary (Hulu). Jonathan recently produced In Her Hands (Netflix), Burning (Amazon), and is Executive Producing the upcoming Anna Nicole Smith documentary (Netflix).
Jessica Harrop is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and founding member of Sandbox Films, where she oversees production and development and shares responsibility for all project decisions and company strategy. Specializing in experimental science-focused documentaries, her executive producing credits include Sara Dosa’s FIRE OF LOVE, Theo Anthony’s ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE; and Werner Herzog’s FIREBALL.
Justin Lacob is a veteran producer, executive, and content strategist, with a mission to entertain, inform, and move culture through storytelling. Justin is Head of Development at XTR and a co-founder of DOCUMENTARY+, a nonfiction streaming platform. Justin curates timely, important stories, overseeing original nonfiction features, series, and podcasts.