Brittany Quirarte is an Educator Development Specialist at The New York Public Library’s new initiative The Center for Educators and Schools. This program seeks to use NYPL’s resources and collections to ignite the curiosity, joy, and passion of learning within educators, students, and school communities. CES hosts many film events for teachers including a summer […]
Chithra Jeyaram is a physical therapist turned filmmaker with an MFA in Film from the University of Texas in Austin. She specializes in one-person crew independent documentaries. She identifies as Tamil. Her work prioritizes subverting stereotypes by framing narratives that highlight perspectives, and intricacies that are left out. She is the recipient of Visions Du […]
Brian Walker is the CEO of Picture Motion, a social advocacy and marketing company that leads award winning social impact campaigns for films, tv and other media. In 2013 Brian joined Participant Media, where he directed social impact and digital strategy for the TEACH and He Named Me Malala campaigns focused on education, inclusion, and […]
In November 2021, Ray Boyd was released from the Connecticut Department of Correction. He was incarcerated at the age of 17 and served 30 years. During his incarceration, in 2015, Ray cofounded the Skills of Socialization (S.O.S.) program at the Osborn Correctional Institute, and in 2018 he cofounded the T.R.U.E. Reentry program at the Cheshire […]
Annie Taylor is an Emmy nominated Foley Editor who has worked on documentaries such as Retrograde and Amend: The Fight for America. Her goal is to enhance the storytelling with sound, and to have the audience feel immersed in the documentary’s subject with the use of texture, layering, and finesse to create a comprehensive and […]
Brooklyn born and bred artist Tamar-kali is a second-generation musician with roots in the coastal Sea Islands of South Carolina. As a composer, Tamar-kali has defied boundaries to craft her own unique alternative sound. Her debut LP “Black Bottom” challenged the alt-rock norm with media calling it “an ambitious new adventure into metal, classical, and progressive […]
Alyse Shorland is a two-time Emmy and Peabody-winning director and producer, who’s made great things with HBO, NBC Studios, One Story Up, VICE, CBS, FX, HULU, CNN, and the New York Times. Her work marries artful filmmaking with journalistic curiosity and rigor, and she has helped craft some of the most ambitious films, series, and […]
Peter Yearwood contracted polio as an infant in his home country, Belize, and has lived with a disability his whole life. In 1970, he emigrated to Brooklyn and met the mother of his children. When that relationship ended, Pete fell into the street life, using and selling drugs. In 2015, many years sober, Pete moved […]
Alexis Neophytides is a documentary filmmaker and educator based in New York City. Her work centers around community and how we find meaning in people and place. She is the co-creator/co-director/producer of Neighborhood Slice, a public television documentary series that tells the stories of longtime New Yorkers who’ve held onto their little corner of the […]
Tyler H. Walk is a Sundance Special Jury Award for Editing, Cinema Eye award winning, and Emmy-nominated editor whose projects include David France’s Welcome To Chechnya, the Oscar-Nominated How To Survive A Plague, and Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next. A graduate from Penn State University (’06) and The Edit Center, Tyler is also an […]