Chanda Chevannes is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and educator. She has made over a dozen documentary films that seek to amplify women’s voices, including two award-winning features, Living Downstream and Unfractured. After releasing Living Downstream in 2010, Chanda launched a successful creative distribution project. This ultimately ensured that the film was broadcast on six continents, […]
James-Michael has spent the last 6 years in the educational distribution space, working collaboratively with filmmakers to produce robust educational and non-theatrical campaigns. He serves on the board of directors for the VideoTrust organization, has spoken at ArtHouse Education, the UFVA, presented on a variety of documentary distribution panels, and led distribution focused workshops and […]
Julia Pacetti is a global media strategist specializing in high-impact media campaigns for public and international affairs, international political candidates, human rights issues, political prisoner cases, whistleblowers and entertainment properties. Julia has spearheaded global media campaigns for public figures such as civil rights activist and author Daniel Ellsberg and former President Mohamed Nasheed of the […]
Rachel Allen is a Senior Publicist at Cinetic Marketing, a prestige marketing and publicity company that helps position, publicize and market director-driven films. Rachel has spent the past 10 years working in Film and TV publicity in NYC. A graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in Film Studies, she has utilized […]
Joanna Natasegara is the Academy Award® winning producer and founder of Violet Films, a renowned London-based production company. Her work often has impact at its heart and has received over 100 award nominations and 64 wins, including one BAFTA, two BIFA, two Peabody Awards, three Academy Award® and five Emmy nominations. This includes the Oscar […]
Lewis Lee is a director, producer, writer whose work often explores the personal impact of social justice issues. As a television producer, Tonya served as Executive Producer on the episodic series She’s Gotta Have It which is currently streaming on Netflix. As a film producer, Lee produced Monster which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film […]
Paula Eiselt is an award-winning independent feature-film filmmaker, producer, and activist known for her journalistic rigor in telling cinematic stories led by strong-willed characters. She is most notably known for her two award-winning documentary features, 93Queen and Aftershock. Aftershock, which spotlights the long-lasting effects of the US maternal health crisis, premiered at the 2022 Sundance […]
Ryan Ann Davis (co-founder of Smarthouse, @indieartsvoice) is a film publicist and communications professional with fifteen years experience in the film industry and arts marketing. She is co-founder and Principal at Smarthouse Creative. Named by Media Inc. as one of Washington State’s most influential women in film, TV, and media, Ryan has worked with outlets […]
Amie Simon has 15+ years of marketing experience as a content strategizer, creator, and copywriter for social, web, and print. She spent almost 4 years at MoPOP (formerly EMP Museum) creating geek-focused content, and growing their social audience. She knows the ins-and-outs of campaigns, taglines, brand voice, social media, community building, targeted ads, and #squadgoals. […]
Jon-Sesrie Goff is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and arts administrator. His body of work includes extensive institutional, community, and family archival research, visual documentation, and oral history interviews in the coastal American South on the legacy of Black land ownership and Gullah Geechee heritage preservation. Jon engages with his work from the paradigm of a […]