Persons

Eugene Yi is an award-winning editor, filmmaker and journalist. He has edited documentary and narrative feature films, including Out of My Hand, which premiered at the 2015 Berlinale, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival; and Farewell Ferris Wheel, which premiered earlier this year at AFI Docs, and was selected to be part of the 2014 Film Independent Documentary Lab. His video work has been featured in The New York Times, where he worked as a video editor, and at other online outlets, including Frontline and Deadspin. He served as assistant editor on Inside [...]

Based in Oakland, Tracey Quezada is a documentary filmmaker, editor and journalist. She currently owns and operates a full service media production company that works with educational institutions and nonprofits to produce short documentaries that advance their missions and policy goals. As a journalist, Quezada has covered stories on immigration, communities of faith, women's issues, and LGBTQ civil rights. In 2014, she was recognized by the San Francisco International Women's Film Festival for her achievements in media and activism. You, Me and the Fruit Trees is a multimedia project that explores the possibility of healing and transformation in the lives of [...]

Nyjia July has dedicated her career to telling the stories of the people who otherwise would go unheard. She has worked on Through a Lens Darkly, Freedom Riders and Brick City. As a producer, her credits include BET, WeTV, TLC, and the Center for Asian American Media. She has been a Corporation for Public Broadcast diversity fellow and her second feature, Listen to My Heartbeat, has been awarded development support through ITVS's Diversity Development Fund. The SOURCE Magazine listed her as one of their "25 women to watch" in 2014. Part rock doc, part political thriller, Listen to My Heartbeat examines the gentrification of Washington, D.C., the people who [...]