Prerana Thakurdesai is a New York based director and producer whose work affirms that all art is political. She tells stories across the US and India, centering women and the South Asian diaspora. Her credits include The Last Ecstatic Days (feature doc), Where The Light Enters You (short doc), The Last Resort (short doc), 9/11: The Legacy (TV doc) and the PBS World Channel aired micro-doc The Essential Worker. In India, she produced the globally acclaimed docu-TV series Satyamev Jayate, produced by Aamir Khan and watched by 600 million viewers. A Producers Guild of America Fellow and DOC NYC Documentary New Leader honoree, Prerana’s work streams on PBS, Amazon Prime, History Channel and Apple TV. She is also the co-founder of Bitchitra Collective, a network of 400+ women and non-binary documentary filmmakers of Indian heritage.

Dawn Mikkelson (Producer/Editor/Additional Cinematography) Emmy Award winning producer and McKnight Filmmaking Fellow, whose work has broadcast, streamed and screened internationally. Festival screenings of her feature documentaries include: the Galway Film Fleadh, Cinequest, Mill Valley Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, DOC NYC, Frameline Film Festival, and American Indian Film Festival. Broadcast and streaming include: APT (American Public Television), PBS, CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation), Yes-Docu (Israel), Deutsche Welle (Germany), iTunes, and Amazon Prime. Mikkelson has completed seven award-winning independent feature documentaries, MINNESOTA MEAN (2023), FINDING HER BEAT (2022), RISKING LIGHT (2018), THE RED TAIL (2009), GREEN GREEN WATER (2007), THIS OBEDIENCE (2003), and TREADING WATER: A DOCUMENTARY (1999), character-driven films highlighting power and joy in the margins.

Proud member of the DPA Board, Co-Representative of the Midwest Region and Member of the Ethics Committee.

Documentary filmmaker, emerging mixed-media artist, and tired parent living on a gorgeous little island in the Pacific Northwest. Currently in post-production on my third documentary.