Director/Producer Socheata Poeuv
Socheata Poeuv made her filmmaking debut with the feature documentary NEW YEAR BABY which won the 'Movies That Matter' human rights cinema award (an Amnesty International initiative) on its premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.   The film went on to sold out screenings on three continents and win nine international awards including awards in New York, Los Angels, San Francisco, the $25,000 AFI Dallas Target Filmmaking Award and the Crystal Heat Award for expressing “hope and respect for the positive values of life."

Socheata graduated cum laude with a B.A. from Smith College in 2002 and studied one year at Hertford College, Oxford. She is a current visiting fellow at Yale University. / soch@brokenprod.com

More interestingly, he volunteered and lived in a radical homeless shelter program in southern California and trained volunteers and staff in a 9-11 Fund Disaster Center. One year he also survived a plane crash, spitting cobra attack and acute malaria.  He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Zambia 99-01), has a B.S. from the USC Annenberg School and is a Jessie Ball duPont Foundation Scholar in graduate studies at Yale University - Divinity School.  / cv@brokenprod.com

Producer Jason Bolling
Jason Bolling currently works as a freelance artist for MTV Networks and has produced segments and series for the Emmy award winning journalist Linda Ellerbee.  Jason graduated from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, with a major in film and television and a minor in psychology.  He also wrote, directed and produced the short film Asylum, which debuted at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. / jason@newyearbaby.net

Editor Sandra Christie
Sandra Christie's numerous credits include: the Sundance Freedom of Expression Award winner "Family Name", part three of the nine part series for PBS "An American Love Story", the Emmy nominated series "Jazz" produced by Floretine Films and the PBS series "This Far By Faith" produced by Blackside, Inc. and "Matters of Race" produced by Roja Production. She was also associate editor of the Peabody Award-winning documentary "Malcolm X: Make It Plain". She has a B.A in film production from Hunter College.

Associate Editor Jacob Okada
Jacob Okada worked as assistant editor for the PBS series Matters of Race and the upcoming Citizen King, a biography on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Jacob is the recipient of the Warner Brothers Pictures Production Award for his documentary Curtis.  Curtis was also an official selection of the 2004 Sundance Festival.  Jacob was also awarded NYU's prestigious Russell Hexter Filmmaker Grant and graduated from the New York University Tisch School in Film Production. 

Animators Paul & Sandra Fierlinger
Among accomplishments in a long career, Paul Fierlinger created "Sesame Street's" Teeny Little Super Guy series in 1971, which runs to this day. He was nominated for an Academy award in 1979 for "It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House".  In 1997, Paul received a PEW Fellowship in the Arts award for the body of his work. In 2002, the Fierlingers received the Peabody Award for the PBS film "Still Life with Animated Dogs". He now also teaches animation at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.

Composer Gil Talmi
Gil Talmi is a world-renowned Emmy nominated composer. His music can be heard in a variety of feature films, documentaries and television programs.  Gil's most recent work includes music for "The Mummy Who Would Be King", a documentary for Nova/PBS, a TV series for Bravo called "TV Revolutions" and music for the Mayan exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to this, Gil has written music for Warner Bros., Paramount, BBC, CBS, NBC, HBO and various independent productions. / info@thoughtsingreycircles.com

Trailer Editor/Post-production Andrew Pakenas
Andrew Pakenas is an award winning filmmaker in New York City. He has been with Emmy award-winning Lucky Duck Productions for five years as an Editor and Technical Supervisor. He makes documentary and news magazine style programs for Nickelodeon, A&E, Lifetime, HBO and others. He is also a founder of SpinnMedia, a DVD authoring and duplication company also in New York City. He graduated from Ohio University with a major in video productions. / andrew@ldp.com

Post-production Elliot Mebane
Elliot Mebane is founder and President of Roguish Studios, an internet development and consulting firm whose clients include Hilton Hotels, Honda, Fox Broadcasting, non-profits and celebrities. He is a Board Member of the Los Angeles Macromedia Flash Users Group and contributes Cinematography and Post-Production skills to "Tashpix", a filmmaking collective that produces narrative and art short films. / info@roguish.com

Audio Design Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith is President and founder of NL3 Audio. He is an industry leader in sound design for film, television and games. His film credits include "The Matrix" and "Go". He was the Lead Sound Designer for the best selling Pixar/Disney "Incredibles" video game and his clients include Lucas Arts, Electronic Arts and Microsoft. Nathan is a graduate of the University of Southern California. / info@NL3Audio.com 

Associate Producer, Development & Events Angela C. Gee 
Angela brings more then 8 years of expertise planning and developing advertising and event strategies. She is now at US Concepts, an award winning event marketing agency in Manhattan where she designs strategic campaigns that connect brands effectively and efficiently. Specifically, she specializes in entertainment marketing; creative development, music, comedy, and celebrity integration. She has developed premium sponsorship opportunities for brands including Tanqueray, Baileys, Ford Motor Company, and Mercedes Benz.   Angela has created events from coast to coast working with celebrities like Mike Epps, Damon Wayans,and John Legend. / chinoisfemme@gmail.com

Associate Producer, Events & Development Amy Yan
Amy Yan is a member of Standard & Poor's Structured Finance Product Management and Marketing group, handling event planning, advertising, promotion and marketing analysis. She has also worked in Perry Ellis Menswear's retail-marketing department and in the media planning department of Young & Rubicam advertising agency. / amyyan.nyc@gmail.com

Production Coordinator Hoa Duong
Hoa Duong has coordinated numerous community health, education, research, media, and development projects in the U.S. and abroad for 8 years. She conducted the oral history project Conversations with Survivors of the Killing Fields to document Cambodian refugee women’s experiences escaping the Khmer Rouge regime and subsequent life in America. Hoa co-produced the multi-lingual public health video Tuberculosis: The Illness, Lifestyle, and Treatment to educate Laotian, Vietnamese, and Cambodian residents. Hoa received the Commitment to Social Change in the City Award. She is also a founder of the Pan Asian American Community House at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned degrees in Urban Studies & Philosophy, Politics and Economics. / ms_hoa@yahoo.com