Laurie Little
Producer/Director
Originally from Canada, Laurie Little is a Chicago based filmmaker, digital artist, colorist, photographer and educator. Her award-winning films have screened in festivals and exhibitions worldwide and her observational documentaries and short fiction films work to inspire dialogue, advocacy, and action. Little holds a BFA from York University and an MFA in Film and Video from Columbia College Chicago where she teaches documentary and media classes as an adjunct instructor.
Jess Mattison
Co-Director/Editor/Camera
For as long as I can remember, I have been a storyteller. I love to tell stories, but not as much as I love listening to them. When I started out at Columbia College in the narrative film department I was writing multiple stories a day. With endless class exercises and script writing, I was up to my ears in stories. There was something missing though and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. After taking a step back, and reevaluating my passion I realized I was stuck in a fantasy world. I was coming up with endless stories from my imagination that really had no meaning or made any sense to anyone but me. As I was having this epiphany, almost simultaneously I discovered documentaries. I had seen documentaries in school, but they were never very exciting. I came to the realization that my passion was for the truth. I could combine my two passions, storytelling and the truth, and from this, the birth of my documentary filmmaking career began. If people would let me, I would tell their stories. I soon came to realize that we are all a lot more alike, then we are different. This is my goal in filmmaking to bring people together through their similarities, despite their apparent difference. The truth is not one defined thing and as a filmmaker, I craft the truth through my medium.
Theresa Campagna
CoProducer/Director
Theresa Campagna is an independent journalist, photographer and producer. She has a passion for reporting and photo reportage that aims to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Topics range from education, global warming, racism, immigration, and state violence. Her work has appeared in WYCC PBS Chicago channel 20, Xojane, Alternet, Getty Images, The Gate Newspaper, South Side Weekly, Free Speech Radio News, and WLUW 88.7 fm Chicago. Her written reporting can be found here: tcampagna.tumblr.com
Enero J. Ray
Editor
Dynamic Producer. Fast-paced Editor. Highly Stylized Shooter. Visual Auteur. ”I am most dynamic and invigorated when combining all of the above ingredients to make a decadent, visually delicious, power-driven story. https://www.pillbox79.com
Vikas Deo
Post Sound Engineer/Associate Editor
Composer, musician, sound designer, and video editor. Vikas worked as an associate editor and sound designer on Sisters March and Totalité and as editor and sound designer on Dream Safari. “I enjoy music, sound, film, & games - and always look forward to working on projects that include one or more of these.” http://ClinkWhamPoof.com