Jen Rainin founded Frankly Speaking Films with Rivkah Beth Medow to tell mesmerizing stories about strong queer women. Together, they created the feature documentary AHEAD OF THE CURVE (Netflix), the Oscar® shortlisted short documentary HOLDING MOSES (The New Yorker), Berlinale Grand Prix winner HUMMINGBIRDS (2023, POV), QUEER FUTURES (2024, The Criterion Collection), and OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage (2024, festivals). Jen is a Film Independent fellow whose other credits include HOMEROOM (EP: Hulu), TWO SPIRITS (EP: Independent Lens), SHIT & CHAMPAGNE (EP: Hulu). With her wife, Jen co-founded The Curve Foundation to champion LGBTQ+ women’s stories and culture through intergenerational programming and community building.

Alexandra Blaney is the Co-CEO, Creative Director of Shine Global, the non-profit production company that improves children's lives by telling powerful stories that raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change.

John Beder (he/him) is an Emmy-nominated Asian American documentary director specializing in community-centered storytelling on social justice, public health, and climate change. A member of the Asian American Documentary Network, Documentary Producers Alliance, and The Video Consortium, he also serves on the ArtsBuild Board, is a 2023 Tennessee Arts Commission Fellow, and has been a mentor with Kartemquin and the Southern Documentary Fund. As co-founder of Bedrock Productions, he has directed four films, including Dying in Your Mother’s Arms, which earned an News & Doc Emmy® nomination. His recent documentary, How to Sue the Klan, qualified for the 2025 Academy Awards® and has been selected at 11 Oscar-qualifying festivals.

In her 30-plus years in the industry, Kerry has moved across the country twice: first west from Chicago where she began her career in commercial production with Ebel Productions; to the front range of Colorado where she discovered her love for documentary filmmaking and gained valuable non-profit, agency and comms experience with world class organizations such as The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, BAE Systems, The National MS Society, T-Mobile, and Texas Instruments before forming Exhibit A Pictures and moving east to Philadelphia where she is currently based. As a founding partner, Kerry has produced nine feature-length pop-culture deep dives with Exhibit A Pictures and developed an expert understanding of best practices in Fair Use. For AMC Shudder and director, Stephen Scarlata (Jodorowsky's Dune) Kerry produced Sharksploitation (‘23) and is currently executive producing the upcoming Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story with Causeway Pictures. For longtime partner, Milkhaus, she produced Artificial Gamer (‘22) and is currently producing a new documentary about midlife sexuality, HOT. Kerry has been a working mother of two for the past two decades and recently served on the Board of the Documentary Producers Alliance and Executive Committee as Treasurer.

James Beard Award-winning documentary editor entering the world of producing with "Puzzle Party," scheduled for release 2027.