Reilly Thate 8/15/24 Reilly Thate 8/15/24

Anna Reid Jhirad

Director

Anna Reid Jhirad, founder of Marigold Productions, LLC, is an award-winning writer/producer of documentaries for primetime national television, museums, educational markets, IMAX screenings, and international media markets. Her films turn to history to understand dilemmas facing society today.

Reilly Thate 8/14/24 Reilly Thate 8/14/24

Maha Haddad

Co-Director and Editor

Maha Haddad is an award-winning Director and Editor who has overseen films in the U.S. and the Middle East. She edited and was the second unit director of Season I of On the Road in America. The documentary was the second highest-rated show in its primetime slot, when it aired in the Middle East and the English version aired on the Sundance Channel.

Reilly Thate 8/13/24 Reilly Thate 8/13/24

Ziad Foty

Producer

Founder of Foty Fusion Films, Ziad Foty is an emerging independent director, writer, and producer based in the DMV area. His films seek to highlight underrepresented stories in an effort to challenge the dominant representation in film.

Reilly Thate 8/12/24 Reilly Thate 8/12/24

Damien Coor

Director of Photography

Damien Coor is a cinematographer and photographer who has spent more than a decade working in film and video production. Damien has worked directing and shooting numerous projects including award winning music videos, documentary, narrative and commercial productions.

Reilly Thate 8/11/24 Reilly Thate 8/11/24

Bonnie Rowan

Archival Footage Researcher

With a graduate degree in film, Bonnie Rowan came from Wisconsin to work for the US Information Agency but soon was teaching film studies and production as an assistant professor at Towson University in Baltimore.

Reilly Thate 8/10/24 Reilly Thate 8/10/24

Lenny Williams

Musical Score

Lenny Williams has composed music for hundreds of documentary films and over a thousand hours of broadcast television. He has won six News and Documentary Emmy awards and has been nominated eleven times in the category of "Outstanding Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound".

Reilly Thate 7/15/24 Reilly Thate 7/15/24

Laura Seltzer-Duny

Film Impact Director

Seltzer-Duny creates and manages strategic campaigns for social action around film projects. These campaigns encourage viewers to get involved and take action after watching a film. She and her team create outreach campaigns for causes and assist filmmakers in spreading the reach of their films.

Reilly Thate 7/14/24 Reilly Thate 7/14/24

Reilly Thate

Associate Producer

Reilly is a creative and technically skilled individual with solid professional instincts developed by strategically working in various production contexts.

Reilly Thate 6/15/24 Reilly Thate 6/15/24

Richard Kane

Producer, Special Segment

Richard is an independent director whose work is focused on the intersection of art and contemporary American life. Previous film releases include, J. Fred Woell: An American Vision, I Know a Man ... Ashley Bryan, Imber’s Left Hand, and 15 others, all part of the Maine Masters collection, a New England Emmy-nominated series of portraits that airs on public television.

Reilly Thate 6/14/24 Reilly Thate 6/14/24

Melody Lewis-Kane

Producer, Special Segment

Melody is a potter, arts educator and filmmaker and is the primary consultant/co-producer on all arts and education films produced by Kane-Lewis Productions.