The Team

Deirdre Fishel s a social issue filmmaker whose work focuses on lives that have remained largely invisible. Her films have premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW and Sundance, been funded by ITVS, the MacArthur and Ford Foundations and been broadcast in 35 countries worldwide.

Cinematographer
Eric Phillips-Horst specializes in verité documentaries. His works include features – such as Dark Money (Amazon Studies, POV) and Stray Dog (PBS’ Independent Lens) and episodic TV such as Sesame Street’s Talking About Race (Emmy nominee 2023) and Immigrant Nation (Peabody Award 2020).

Editor
Sunita Prasad is a New York City based filmmaker and editor. Films she has edited have enjoyed international theatrical release and been selected for major festivals including Sundance, Tribeca Film Festival, DOC NYC, Hot Docs, and Human Rights Watch Film Festival, in addition to being showcased on HBO, Hulu, PBS, Arte, Vice, and Logo.

Animator
Maya Edelman’s work includes collaborations on award winning projects, including the Mushrooms episode of Broad City for which she received an EMMY award for excellence in motion design and More Than I Want To Remember which made the 2023 Oscar shortlist. She received an EMMY in the “individual achievement in animation” category for her color design for the film.