Taylor Hensel is an Oklahoma-based filmmaker and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She has most recently worked on Season 2 and 3 of the FX series, Reservation Dogs, and Season 1 of Reciprocity Project. She has previously directed the documentary films, Zibi Yajdan (2019), and Native and American (2017). Her work has been seen in festivals globally and she is a 2022 fellow in the IllumiNative Producers Program in partnership with Netflix and is an Artist in Residence for the 2023 Sundance Native Writers Lab.

Adam is the co-director and producer of the Emmy® award-winning feature-length film, Dawnland (Independent Lens), First Light (Camden International Film Festival) and Dear Georgina (Camden) and Bounty. As co-founder of Upstander Project these films have been broadcast on domestic and international television, programmed at film festivals and conferences, and screened at universities, middle and high schools, where they are also often used in curricula.

Kavita is a Helsinki based producer, documentary filmmaker, and journalist. Kavita’s work has been supported by the LEF Foundation, the Sundance Documentary Film Program, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Pulitzer Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Fulbright Scholar Program. She has reported for WGBH Boston, PRI’s The World, NPR, the BBC and co-hosts the Subtitle podcast. Her feature length documentary on south Indian men named Stalin and Lenin is in post-production.

Tracy is a community organizer, educator, filmmaker and film programmer. Her work has been featured on Independent Lens, ImagineNative, National Geographic, as well as at the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian, and at film festivals including Cannes and Toronto. She has received the Horace Mann Award for her work in utilizing media for social justice and is a recipient of the National Association for Media Literacy.

Sauli is a Helsinki based cinematographer and editor who has worked on numerous feature documentaries, including One and Only, Black Memorabilia, and Family Affair, which premiered in competition at Sundance. In addition to extensive work as a director of photography and editor for clients including Harvard University, MIT, Cisco Systems, GreenerU, and the National Academy of Sciences, Sauli is the cinematographer, editor, and co-director of Stalin, Lenin, and Other Tales from South India.

Mishy is the learning director for Upstander Project and Education Fellow at Dodd Human Rights Impact at the University of Connecticut. She is co-director of the Upstander Academy, a weeklong professional learning experience that focuses on genocide, decolonization, and developing the skills of upstanders. She authored the teacher's and viewer's guides for Upstander Project's films: Coexist, Dawnland, Dear Georgina, and Bounty. Mishy was a Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador and spent 12 years learning and working in the Andes.

Julie Keck is a Chicago-based filmmaker and impact/outreach consultant. She is a Consulting Producer for the Storytelling initiatives of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit supporting Indigenous land guardianship. Her Nia Tero work includes impact, outreach, and strategy for the Webby Award-nominated Seedcast podcast, as well as the Emmy Award-nominated Reciprocity Project film series, and the global Indigenous media makers community Kin Theory. As a creator, Julie has produced over two dozen web series and two features. Julie studied psychology at Knox College and earned her Sustainable Innovation MBA from the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business.

Jonah brings a background in nonprofit program management, film festivals, and production to Nia Tero’s Reciprocity Project. Most recently he managed the education and artists services programs at Northwest Film Forum. He served as Print Traffic Manager and on the screening committee for Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, and as festival coordinator for Seattle Shorts Film Festival. Jonah is focused on encouraging new voices in media to support shifting the collective conversation toward sustainability and social justice.