It was important to me that I work with women artists who have dedicated their time and craft to issues of social justice. Five out of the six of us collaborators originated as theater makers. Theater is a community event and we aspire to expand the idea of community through film. See bios below.

Anne Kauffman - Director: Described by the New York Times as “one of the leading lights of downtown theater,” Anne has directed at most major New York non-profit and regional theaters. Her credits include BUZZER by Tracey Scott Wilson with The Public Theater, Amy Herzog’s Belleville for Yale Rep, NY Theatre Workshop and Steppenwolf (Lortel Nomination for Best Director, NY Times top 10 Productions of 2013), Lisa D’Amour’s Pulitzer Prize finalist play Detroit starring David Schwimmer and Amy Ryan at Playwrights Horizons (NY Times, New York Magazine and TimeOut NY Top 10 Productions of 2012), Chloe Moss’s This Wide Night starring Edie Falco and Alison Pill for Naked Angels (Lortel Nomination for Best Director).

Anne’s awards include an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence and an Obie for Direction, the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Exceptional Creativity from Lincoln Center, the Alan Schneider Director Award, several Barrymore Awards for Best Director and Best Production. She is a Sundance Program Associate.

Tracey Scott Wilson - Screenwriter: Co-producer on "The Americans" on FX. Recent productions include BUZZER at the Public Theater/NYSF; Pillsbury House Theater, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theater and Cincinnati Playhouse The Good Negro and The Story at The Public Theater/NYSF as well as the Goodman Theater. Additional productions: Order My Steps for Cornerstone Theater’s Black Faith/AIDS project in Los Angeles; and Exhibit #9, which was produced in New York City by New Perspectives Theatre and Theatre Outrageous; Leader of the People produced at New Georges Theatre; two ten-minute plays produced at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis; a ten minute play produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Tracey has had readings at the New York Theatre Workshop, Second Stage Theatre, the Public Theatre, Williamstown Theater Festival and Soho Theatre Writers Centre in London

She earned two Van Lier Fellowships from the New York Theatre Workshop, a residency at Sundance Ucross and Sundance Theatre Laboratory is the winner of the 2001 Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, the 2003 AT&T Onstage Award, the 2004 Whiting Award, the 2004 Kesserling Prize, the 2007 Weissberger Playwriting Award as well as the 2007 Time Warner Storytelling Fellowship. the 2009, writer-in-residence at the O’Neil National Playwriting Conference and the 2014 Joyce Award. She has taught and guest lectured at several schools including, Brown University, Yale University, Rutgers University and NYU. The Story and The Good Negro have been published by Dramatist Play Services. Ms. Wilson holds a Master’s degree in English Literature from Temple University.

Jennifer Morris - Producer: Jennifer is a writer/producer/actor. She is a founding member and board member of the OBIE award-winning theatre company, The Civilians.  The Civilians recently completed a year-long residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  With The Civilians Jennifer helped create Gone Missing, Canard, Canard, Goose, The Ladies, I am Nobody's Lunch and Mr. Burns. Her interactive theatre piece YOU BETTER SIT DOWN: tales from my parents’ divorce had digital partnerships with WNYC and the Huffington Post and was performed at Williamstown Theatre Festival and off-Broadway at The Flea Theatre.

Jennifer executive produced two short films: Tiffany, which aired on PBS’s POV and The Unknown Seven, which was featured on Tin House Reels and premiered at The Nantucket Film Festival. Other producing credits include the documentary MENTOR directed by Alix Lambert.

She has written and hosted shows on WE and TV Food Network and created original digital programing for ABC/Disney, FMX, and Fremantle Media.

As an actress, Jennifer has worked at Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theatre, Soho Rep, P.S. 122, Cherry Lane, Barrow Street, Williamstown, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and ART, among others.  She has appeared on the NBC show's ER, Profiler, and Law & Order and in numerous national commercials.

Martina Radwan - DP: http://www.martinaradwandp.com/documentary.html

Martina Radwan, Director/Producer/Cinematographer – Martina, a native German, based in NYC for twenty years, has been the cinematographer on award-winning documentaries. Saving Face earned her a 2013 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography. The film also won the 2012 Academy Award and the 2013 Emmy for Best Documentary. Most of her documentaries -- Through A Lens Darkly, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe and Hot Coffee -- can be seen on international screens, as well as HBO, Showtime and PBS. Her directorial debut Spring in Awe won the Media Awareness Award at the Media That Matters Film Festival, 2004 and the Best Editing Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival.

Gayle Rankin - Suzy: Originally from Scotland, Gayle Rankin made her Off-Broadway debut in Tony Kushner's adaptation of The Illusion at the Signature Theater Company. She was next seen in Tribes, directed by David Comer, which had a long and successful run at the Barrow Street Theater before transferring to the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Since her graduation from Juilliard, Gayle has continued to work intermittently at Lake Lucille, developing the role of "Nina" in Brian Mertes' production of The Seagull. Crossing over to television and film and after roles in Law & Order: SVU and the indie film East of Acadia, Gayle was cast as a series regular in the HBO pilot "The Missionary." Cabaret marks Gayle's Broadway debut.

 Rebecca Henderson - Lora: Select theatre: The Wayside Motor Inn (Signature); Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra, The Whale, The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons); Too Much Too Much Too Many (Roundabout Theatre Company); La Brea, Roadkill Confidential (Clubbed Thumb); Red-Handed Otter (Playwrights Realm); Autumn Sonata (Yale Rep.); The Collection, A Kind of Alaska (Atlantic Theater Company); Spin, U.S. Drag, Vengeance (the stageFARM); bobrauschenbergamerica (American Repertory Theater). Film and Television: Mistress America, True Story, Actresses, The Mend, Appropriate Behavior, Diving Normal, Compliance, East of Acadia, Meskada, Little Horses, A Lone Star State, “The Impossibilities”, “Wallflowers”, and “The Good Wife”. MFA, Columbia University.