Our team is made up of the following:

KEITH MUSAMAN MORTON – co-director & producer/CEO Komonopromo.  He is Black British and lives in London.  Keith co-directed and co-produced A Brief History (2011), which gives an introduction to Notting Hill Carnival in London.  He directed Day One, which won the "Audience Choice Award" at the New York International Film Festival (April 2011).  He also directed and edited T&T 50 in Fifteen (2012), a look at important events that have occurred during the 50 years of Trinidad & Tobago’s independence.

He supports independent films by hosting "Bringing Sunshine to October," a month-long film series to commemorate Black History Month in the United Kingdom. 

Keith was born in Birmingham, UK. He volunteers at the local homeless shelter weekly. Keith also uses his talents as a builder having restored libraries and museums in London.  He holds a BA degree in Film & Television Studies from Brunel University in London. 

CHARYSSE TIA HARPER - the co-director & producer/CEO Xplore the World.  She is a dual citizen of Trinidad & Tobago and the United States of America. She directed/produced The Other Side of Carnival (2010), where it won "Best International Documentary Short" (ITN Distribution & Media Festival 2011) and "Best Cultural Documentary" (New York International Film Festival 2011) at film festivals. She was the Director of Photography and producer of T&T 50 in Fifteen (2012).

Her passion is helping others through education and entertainment.  Charysse has recently completed a video for the American Red Cross for their National Volunteer Week (April 21^st-27^th 2013).

Charysse holds an MA in Management & Leadership from Webster Graduate School in London and BA degrees in Film and Journalism from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. She is a member of Citizens and Friends of Trinidad & Tobago in Los Angeles and Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West (BADWest). Charysse resides in southern California.

BRANDON MUSSELMAN comes from a family of artists—painters and craftsmen—so it is no surprise that he is creative. He began painting and drawing from the time he could hold a pencil.  Born and raised in Southern California, he regularly watched the Discovery Channel and read National Geographic, which inspired him to travel around the world taking photographs. At the age of 18, he received his first professional camera, which he utilized as he enrolled in photography classes. While attending university, he realized that he could combine his love of photography and film as becoming a director of photography. 

Brandon graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in Cinema and Television Production in 2005.  He has been Director of Photography on a features, numerous short films and music videos. He was the Director of Photography on "The Other Side of Carnival," which won Best International Documentary Short and Best Cultural Documentary at respective film festivals. Brandon will be the Director of Photography on "Panomundo."

DANNY DERAKHSHAN is a writer, film director, and producer working in the Bay Area & Los Angeles. Born and raised in Oklahoma, his need to make movies pulled him to California in 2006. Before starting his own production company, he has worked in sales and business development in the technology field. He learned the basics of filmmaking early on by being in every area of production on minor and major music videos, commercials, narrative films, and documentaries. He directed "Homeless Pride" and "BLACKENED", which have both played at the Flicker Film Festival in Los Angeles. His film "Skater Girls", a co-production with FredRose Films LLC and Lone Bird Productions, was awarded at the first annual Red Rock Film Festival. He is also executive producer for the narrative horror film "Little Reaper".

Danny spends his free time working on Industry Minds, a non-profit that is geared towards improving the success factor of emerging talent in the entertainment industry. His vision is to create commercially successful as well as artistically challenging films.

NICK BROSCO  is a Los Angeles-based film editor who has been working in the area for the past five years. His interest in non-linear editing began at age twelve, when he taught himself Adobe Premiere Pro. After transitioning to the Apple Macintosh platform, he taught himself Final Cut Pro, which led him to certifying and becoming an Apple Certified Professional in the application. Nick now edits using Avid Media Composer, and is considered an Avid Certified User. He also has extensive knowledge of other post-production software such as Motion, Color, Compressor, Adobe After Effects, REDCINE-X, DaVinci Resolve, and many more. 

Nick is most known for editing short and feature-length films, commercials, and music videos. Most notably, he was the editor on a feature-length documentary, “The Other Side of Carnival”, which has won two awards and has been shown in the US, UK, Germany, Antigua and Trinidad & Tobago. He currently holds B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts from Cal State University Northridge, which he earned in 2012.