Discover Top Non-Fiction Film Directors in New York, New York, USA

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Producer, Director, DP. Unscripted Content.

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• Non-Fiction Film Director
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Video director

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• Non-Fiction Film Director
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jen byers is a producer and videographer.

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• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
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• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Line Producer / On-Location
• TV News Producer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Social Media Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
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I'm a freelance video journalist and filmmaker based out of Brooklyn. I'm a regular contributor to Gothamist and Untapped Cities. I also make comedic content with my production company, Bankrukt (bankrukt.com).

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Sound Mixer
• Commercial DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Reporter / Journalist
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• On-Camera Talent

I'm an Emmy award-winning New York City and Los Angeles based editor of documentary films, commercial videos, investigative new videos, reality & documentary TV series, behind-the-scenes documentaries, social media videos and more with over 10 years experience. I additionally work as a multimedia producer, story producer, and story consultant for a wide range of companies. My most recent work includes freelancing as a Senior Video Editor for The New York Times, where I have edited several documentary and news video series including "Quarantine Diaries," "Diary of a Song" (featuring Billie Eilish, Lizzo, and Kacey Musgraves), and "Stressed Election," which was nominated for a 2021 News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Editing: News. I also currently freelance for a wide range of media platforms including Netflix, HBO, AMC, and Nickelodeon. My work as a commercial video editor has appeared everywhere from national ad campaigns to a billboard in Times Square for clients including Netflix, HBO, National Geographic, Adobe, Paypal, TED Talks, Paypal, Google, YouTube Originals, Sephora, Lyft, Salesforce, Clif Bar, Men's Health, The Cooking Channel, The LGBTQ Center of New York, Link NYC, Lyft, Outside Lands Music Festival, UC Berkeley, TED Talks, Google, and Planned Parenthood. The social media videos I edit for news and social media issues platform ATTN: have received tens of millions of views. I also edit for several other widely followed social media platforms such as NowThis News, BuzzFeed, Vice, Refinery 29, Big Think, Upworthy, Mic, Brut, Tastemade, and Zoe Saldana's social media production company, BESE. For Apple Music's social media platforms, I produced and edited "Broken Record," a documentary series on songs that have made a social and political impact featuring Patti Smith, Bono, Keith Richards, Sheryl Crow, and other artists. As a multimedia story producer, I have worked on numerous projects including "War Ink," an interactive website on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their tattoos, "This is Watts," featuring the stories of people who lived in Los Angeles during the Watts Riots, and "Stonewall Forever," a documentary and living monument in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. I have also worked as a story producer and editor for Riot Games, where I researched and scripted videos for their platforms. In 2020, I won an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series as the editor for AMC’s “Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler," a companion web series for AMC's "Better Call Saul." As a TV editor I have worked on shows for Nickelodeon, HBO, and PBS. I recently edited behind-the-scenes documentaries for Disney, Netflix, and AMC as well as video retrospectives for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. I got my start as a documentary film editor working alongside renowned documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles of the Maysles Brothers ("Grey Gardens," "Gimme Shelter," "The Gates") and have since worked as an editor on several short and feature-length films. I am the editor of "Soledad," a feature-length documentary following three inmates after their release from one of California's most violent and overcrowded prisons, and recently co-edited "Voices Beyond The Wall," following a group of orphaned teenage girls living in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, murder capital of the world, as they learn to write poetry about their lives. I was the editor on Roku TV's Lesbian Bar Project, a docuseries following three lesbian bars across the country hosted by Lea Delaria. My work for the New York Times was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy. My work on the docuseries Lesbian Bar Project was nominated for a GLAAD award. My work editing promos for the TV show Better Call Saul won an Emmy Award. In addition to making films, I record and conducts oral history interviews across the country for StoryCorps, a National Public Radio and Peabody Award-winning project dedicated to preserving the stories of everyday Americans at the Library of Congress. My work as a radio editor has been broadcast on NPR, WNYC, KPCC, KQED, KALW, and PRI's The World. You can view my portfolio and recent samples of my work at: https://www.kevinoliveredits.com/

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Sound Designer
• Colorist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Audio Storyteller
• Social Media Producer
• Podcast Producer
• Digital Content Creator
• Senior Editor
• Sound Mixer

Grand Street Media is a full service independent production company that produces multimedia content from concept to completion. We function as a one-stop resource, operating an on-site comprehensive production and post-production facility. We are equipped with the latest high definition 6K video cameras, steadicam systems, a complete inventory of lighting and grip equipment, production van, full editing suite, green screen soundstage, and an animation and visual effects studio. Grand Street Media also offers high quality prop, scenery, and set design fabrication services. Grand Street Media’s diverse team has expertise across a wide range of backgrounds, and works regularly in all aspects of the entertainment industry, including film, television, music, and other mediums. We maintain a premier professional network, and are fully equipped to manage projects of any size. Our high quality products and services are completed reliably, affordably, and according to schedule. The ability to provide all-inclusive services is unique in our industry, and we are proud to maintain relationships with an expansive, loyal client base. At Grand Street Media, we hold steadfast to our goal of delivering a superior product, and look forward to fulfilling your needs and exceeding your expectations.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
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• Commercial DP
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• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Creative Director
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Executive Producer
• Copywriter
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Senior Editor

While designing slideshows for Apple, Bill was instrumental in the press launch of the original Macintosh. Later he worked in Paris as art director for Sogitec, an early pioneer in Europe’s CGI commercial landscape. While there, Bill worked at Europe’s first HDTV facility, directed in Stockholm, Milan and Munich, for a range of clients, including French & Italian TV, Air France, BMW, SAAB and Volvo. Then there were the Oprah Winfrey and 40th Anniversary Today Show opens, music videos, IBM case studies, casino commercials and... After more than 30 years as a director, cinematographer, designer and editor, Bill’s work spans commercials; broadcast promos+show opens, music videos, corporate marketing and case study videos. He is a visual storyteller combining a 360º technical perspective with a passion and commitment to stories and the creative product. As Bob McKee said, “Stories are the currency of human contact.” Have a story to tell? Make contact; Bill’s your guy.

• Commercial DP
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• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Event Photographer
• Sound Mixer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Colorist

Kalsang studied journalism at the Faculty of journalism and communications, MS university of Baroda, in 1999. He spent 2 years studying journalism and submitted a dissertation thesis on “Tibetan media with reference to major Tibetan websites”. After finishing his studies, he joined the Department of Information and International Relations of the Tibetan government in exile as the editor of the official website of the Tibetan government in exile in 2001. In 2006, Kalsang got 2-year scholarship under the US government’s Tibetan Scholarship Programme. He finished his MFA in Film and Video Production in 2008, and as part of his degree, he submitted a documentary film “Phantoms of Chittagong” about Establishment 22, or the Special Frontier Force, a paramilitary force comprising of Tibetan refugee recruits that India started in 1962. He now lives in Elmhurst, NY, doing freelance videography and independent filmmaking. He runs a production house called Blind Dog films which he describes proverbially in Tibetan saying "Small Stove with a High Flame" kind of work ethic.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
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• Fixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Drone Operator

I was born in Santiago of Chile in ’88. I grew up led by my goal of being an Artist, Actor and Musician. The years passed and my dreams have become my job, and my hobbies, my career. I graduated from University of Chile with a BA on Filmmaking. Afterwards, I studied screenwriting in Argentina. I’ve had the pleasure of participating in hundreds of award winning audiovisual shorts and feature films; working as Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Sound, Acting. I’m also proud of being one of the founders of one of the most important Music/Documentary projects in Chile: “La Vitrola”. We earned the “National Music Prize President of the Republic”, in the year 2016. Academically, I’ve worked as a post-production teacher at MacPC Institute in Santiago. Nowadays, I’ve got my energy focused in finding new horizons that will nurture me as a filmmaker and advance my working skills, aside of being Director of a TV show about La Vitrola.

• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Motion Graphics Designer
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• Music Composer
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Owner of Lorray Digital Video, in full-time business for the last 20 years. LDV produces commercial and corporate video content for both broadcast and online distribution. LDV has worked for a wide variety of clients worldwide, including several fortune 500 companies. LDV produces corporate videos, commercial videos, trade shows, training videos, talk shows, reality show pilots, and much more. * Career success in music performance, education, and video production * Strong work ethic * Excellent communication skills * high level of efficiency * Creativity-driven personality * Excellent interpersonal skills * A strong collaborative work profile What sets my services apart from all the others is the total package I bring to the table - skills, experience, a superlative record of success, equipment, expertise, exceptional communication skills, and an impressive client list. Team members are highly vetted and have similar backgrounds in corporate and commercial video production.

• Corporate Videographer
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• Sound Mixer

Luke Ohlson is a filmmaker, photographer, and community organizer working in New York City. He creates narrative, documentary, and experimental films using both film and digital platforms. Luke's background in cinema studies and student activism at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts continues to influence the content, social relevance and cooperative process of his work. His film services have been commissioned by local artists, venues, and organizations, such as: ADVANCED SOUND ALEXANDRA ALBRECHT CRAIG MARTINSON DANIELLE RUSSO PERFORMANCE PROJECT DEF.GRLS IKECHUKWU UFOMADU NEON CAVIAR SIGRID LAUREN OF FLUCT SPIEGELWORLD THE DANCE CARTEL THE PEOPLE'S SUPPER GLOBAL STRATEGIES GROUP GOVERNORS ISLAND HOLLABACK! JOE'S PUB KEENKEE KNOCKDOWN CENTER LIZZY DE VITA MADAM WEST MELISSA JOHNSON STUDIO NATIONAL SAWDUST NEW YORK ASIAN WOMEN'S CENTER RIDERS ALLIANCE SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW SPIEGELWORLD STUDENT CONVERSATION ASSOCIATION SUMMER STREETS NYC TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Commercial DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Digital Content Creator

RUBEN RODAS is a bi-coastal (NY-LA) Independent Filmmaker. His professional background includes extended experience as Director and Cinematographer of Narrative Films, Commercials , Music Videos , TV shows, Branded Content, and Documentaries. Born in Asuncion, Paraguay. In the year 2001 he was recognized for his award winning short film “Paper Airplanes.” Consequently, he was hired as Director and producer for TV shows and promos at the Telefuturo network; Ruben is also the recipient of various awards including best TV show of the year for “Menchi” in 2001. In 2003 he joined producer Joel Cabrera and created the TV production company “FOQUS DIGITAL” where he directed several commercials and documentaries for some of leading national networks. In 2004 he came on board as one of the producers for two nationally televised sitcom series developed for the Telefuturo network: “GvsB” and “Animo Juan.” In 2005 he joined the crew of the feature film “Miami Vice,” as Location Manager for the South American team division. There, he worked closely in the location scouting with director “Michael Mann” and cinematographer "Dion Bebe". That same year Ruben attended the New York Film Academy. As cinematographer he had attended/learned on master classes from "Caleb Deschannel", "Shane Hurlbut", and ”Sean Bobbitt”. Ruben has extended experience and the ability to shoot in any Film (Arriflex, Panavision) and/or Digital formats including ARRI ALEXA XT, Amira, Alexa Mini and LF, RED Epic/Dragon/Weapon, Sony F3/F5/F7, F55/F65, Phantom, BlackMagic Cinema series, Canon and the latest DSLR cameras. Ruben has directed and shot advertising campaigns and various content for high profile clients such as NBC Universal, HBO, ESPN, Dimasimo Goldstein, Wild Child Content, Taylor James, DOM360, Tuxedo, SunToyota, SteveWhite Volkswagen, TBC, Think Content, MTV, Montel Williams, Mario Testino, Cultnation, Psychology Today, Fairway, American Movie Co, Everlane, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Latin Vogue, US Vogue, Moves Magazine, Camp Shohola, Tibi, Handvaerk, Fidelity, Moonlight Brides, Adidas, H&M, CondeNast, GAP, NY&Co, Betterment, Sallie Mae, The Alliance, Beach Body, DoSomething.org, Humanscale, Spectrum NY1, Montecristi, Tommy Cooper, Diageo, Christie's, Illy, Samsung, Marli NYC, Fame&Partners, WeBeliervers, Groupon, Spectrum, WWD, Kate Spade NY, Madwell, Roberto Coin, Kiss 5th Ave; Addison, Stryker, and Tigo Sports just to name a few. Ruben is presently living and based in New York City where he continues developing his craft working as Director, Cinematographer, Producer and Photographer. His work has been showcased in many film festivals and recognized with awards.

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• Corporate Videographer
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• Video Editor - Commercial
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
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• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer

My most recent experience here in New York has primarily been in commercials, corporate, documentary, live events. YouTube, music videos. Due to this diverse workflow, it has given me expertise in a variety of production crafts. I enjoy experimenting with lighting, lenses and filters in order to create an original look as seen my music videos. I feel that is where my talents shine through. My 20+ years of experience in video editing, motion graphics, color correction, helps to minimize the post-production challenges of finishing on schedule and staying within the budget. I am capable of seeing through a project in it's entirety from inception to final delivery, production and editing. I see myself as a director of photography who thinks like an editor, an editor who thinks like a director, and an artistic independent filmmaker My wide array of experience and knowledge is a valuable asset to any production as a cinematographer, editor or director.

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• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Creative Director
• Colorist
• Non-Fiction Film Director
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• Video Editor - Commercial
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist

Savva has spent the past decade traveling the world, filming across 5 continents and 25 countries. He has ventured deep into the jungles of Peru with Werner Herzog, lived with indigenous tribes in Brazil, and documented life in refugee camps in Jordan and Iraq. He's also showcased the resilience of the human spirit by capturing former child soldiers turned boxers in the bustling city of Goma, DRC. Back in the US, his niche of creating branded documentaries to tell compelling stories has given him the opportunity to work with such varied clients as Calvin Klein, Goldman Sachs, Jordan and Under Armour. He's filmed legendary rock figures including Lemmy Kilmister, Joan Jett, Keith Richards and Florence And The Machine. His films have received global recognition and won awards at numerous festivals. Savva strongly believes in giving back and empowering communities. He serves as a creative advisory board member for Lens on Life, a nonprofit that teaches photography and computer literacy skills to at-risk youth worldwide. Currently residing in Brooklyn with his wife and one-year-old, Savva continues to pursue inspiring stories to tell.

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I'm a NYC-based filmmaker, editor, and photographer with extensive experience in all aspects of video and photo creation, including directing, shooting, and editing narrative and documentary films, small-business commercials, corporate videos, social media ads, and wedding films. Additionally, I work for Saturday Night Live as a photo assistant and set photographer, with published photos that have received over a billion impressions across various media and print publications. Finally, I have experience in videography and photography, shooting weddings and corporate events. Clients include: Voice of America, Saturday Night Live, NBC LX, The Related Companies, Farida Skin Care Studio, Min&Mon, Smove Mobile Equipment List: Cameras: Sony FX6 Full Frame 4k Cinema Camera Sony FX3 Full Frame 4k Cinema Camera Sony A7iii Full Frame 4k Mirrorless Camera Sony a6500 APS-C 4k mirrorless Camera Sony A7iii Full Frame 4k Mirrorless Camera Sony a6500 APS-C 4k mirrorless Camera Nikkormat FtN 35mm SLR Film Camera Pentax 6x7 Medium Format 120 SLR Film Camera Lenses: Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 Tamron 70-180 f/2.8 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Audio: Zoom H5 Field Recorder Zoom H1n Recorder Rode Wireless Go II Wireless LAV Mics (2) Rode Wireless Go Wireless LAV Mics (2) Rode VideoMic NTG Compact Shotgun Microphone Audio Technica AT897 Shotgun Micrphone + All necessary support

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• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
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• Event Photographer
• Digital Content Creator
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Jeremy S. Levine is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker dedicated to telling innovative, intimate, cinematic stories. As a freelance director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, he has created branded content for companies like 23andMe, Ben & Jerry's, and the Brooklyn Brewery. He has produced, shot, and edited segments for outlets like PBS NewsHour, Nat Geo, and Time Magazine. And he has worked as a freelance filmmaker for non-profits including the Dramatists Guild Fund, (RED), and the Covenant House. Levine's films explore race, trauma, and disillusionment and seek to unearth buried tragedies and work towards the often-elusive goal of reconciliation. An Emmy award-winning filmmaker and two-time Sundance Institute fellow, his work has screened at over one hundred film festivals around the world including the Berlinale, Tribeca, and Sundance, streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sundance Now, Starz, and Hulu, broadcast nationally in nine countries, and received 18 festival awards.   His last feature documentary, For Ahkeem, is a love story set against the backdrop of the Ferguson uprising and the school-to-prison pipeline. For Ahkeem played as an official selection of over 60 film festivals where it won 10 awards, including 8 “Best Documentary Awards.” The film was named in Top 10 Lists by both Entertainment Weekly and People and was included on the “Unforgettables” List by the Cinema Eye Honors, a list that IndieWire wrote “helped to define documentary cinema in 2017.” He recently released The Panola Project, a short film that chronicles the journey of the unstoppable Dorothy Oliver to vaccinate her rural, Black town of Panola, AL from the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home. Nearly 99% of adults in her town have received the shot in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. The Panola Project was an official selection of over 35 festivals including Sundance, Hot Docs, and the DOC NYC Shortlist. The film received five Special Jury Prizes, three Audience Awards, and two Grand Jury Prizes, including the Oscar-qualifying Best Documentary Short Award at the Florida Film Festival. The film was released with The New Yorker, featured on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and The Last Word, and written about in over 50 publications including USA Today, The Boston Globe, Business Insider, and People. In 2006, Levine co-founded the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective (BFC), a community of professional filmmakers dedicated to collaboration and mutual support. He is currently developing projects about a former white supremacist turned vagabond clown, a personal documentary-horror film, and a hybrid film highlighting the deep bond between two men who met in prison.

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Post-Production Manager
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Creative Director

I am a filmmaker with experience in business management and project entrepreneurship. My production experience has focused on documentary filmmaking and narrative films with a social impact angle. I have produced work in Cambodia, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Peru, and several locations in the United States. I have produced work for clients such as FB Heron Foundation, Mellon Foundation, ProMujer, Equal Justice Initiative, Malteser International, UN Women, and The Fortune Society, among others. My most recent feature production, the documentary Death by a Thousand Cuts premiered at the HotDocs Film Festival in Toronto, won the Audience Award at DocNYC and the Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Environmental Film Festival at Yale. I have ample knowledge of production and post-production processes and the organization of teams and resources to work on the many stages of a film production project. I have performed roles on projects as a camera, sound mixer, editor and sound designer. As a producer and co-founder of Human Pictures, I have been involved in production and post-production, including roles as an executive producer, production coordinator, field producer, and location coordinator. With my production company Human Pictures, we create socially conscious fiction and non-fiction films, and branded pieces, seeking to move beyond the role of a production company and establishing ourselves as a multimedia movement for social transformation.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer