Frantz is a producer and director based in New York City.

An award-winning filmmaker based in Berkeley, CA, Elivia is driven by filmmaking that uses intimacy and personal narrative to question our larger social systems and identities. Her work has been featured on the Atlantic and PBS, and screened at festivals including AFI DOCS, DOC NYC, and Big Sky. Her short film, The Clinic, won awards at seven festivals including the Grand Jury Prize at AFI Fest. She previously worked on award-winning television series and documentaries for Al Jazeera, HBO and PBS including Al Jazeera's Empire, Life According to Sam and Sky & Ground. Elivia Co-Produced Natalia Almada’s Users, winner of the 2021 Directing Award at Sundance, and Co-Produced and Co-Edited Leslie Tai’s How to Have an American Baby (True False 2023, PBS POV 2023). She is currently directing her first feature documentary which received support from ITVS, SFFILM, the Redford Center and the Berkeley Film Foundation. She is a graduate of Stanford University’s Documentary MFA where she has taught film production courses since 2018.

Véronique Bernard’s experience as a documentary film and television producer, director and development executive includes WNET Culture & Arts Documentaries, Sundance Channel Original Programming, New York Times Television, National Geographic Television, ABC News Productions and SBS Television Australia where she was Head of Production. Her award-winning documentary films include The People vs. Agent Orange for ITVS/Independent Lens and ARTE, winner of the 2021 Erik Barnouw Award. Her work has screened at festivals including Tribeca, DOC NYC, Margaret Mead, Movies That Matter, Sheffield DocFest, FIFA and Sydney, and on PBS, ARTE, Al Jazeera, NHK, SBS, CBC, Sundance, Discovery and National Geographic.

Rory Crittenden is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and documentarian from the Peavine community of the Cherokee Nation. He is the winner of six Heartland Regional Emmys for his past work directing and producing nonfiction content for his tribe. In 2022, Rory became a recipient of Firelight Media’s SPARK Fund. He has been a fellow in multiple labs by the Native American Media Alliance, including the Native American Feature Film Writers Lab and the Native American TV Writers Lab. Rory is a Cherokee history nerd and a pro-wrasslin' enthusiast. He makes his living as a freelance filmmaker, crafting media for various Indigenous governments, television programs, and community organizations. He lives in Tulsa with his wife Christy, and their two children.