2023 Ringleaders
Nell Augustin Film Fellowships & Artist Development Manager at NBC
Blair Barnes Former Curator at Vimeo
2022 Ringleaders
Nell Augustin Manager of Film Fellowships and Artist Development at NBC Universal
Blaire Barnes Curator at Vimeo
Christianne Benedict True/False Screening Committee
Opal Bennett Co-Producer at POV
Brian Booton Ragtag Film Society Board Member
Julian Carrington Distribution Manager & Industry Funds Programmer at Hot Docs
Samara Chadwick Executive Director at The Flaherty
Sarah Dawson Film Programmer at IDFA
Mia Donovan Filmmaker (Dope Is Death)
Jason Fitzroy Jeffers Founding Director at Third Horizon
Liz Fornango True/False Screening Committee
Devika Girish Co-Deputy Editor at Film Comment
Robert Greene Filmmaker (Procession)
Dakota Hommes True/False Screening Committee
Eric Hynes Film Critic & Curator of Film at Museum of the Moving Image
Aisha Jamal Film Programmer at Hot Docs
Janaína Olveira Head Programmer at Zózimo Bulbul Black Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro
Delia Rainey True/False Screening Committee
Josh Runnels Artist & Educator
Zoé Samudzi Writer & Scholar
Stephanie Shonekan Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Science and Professor of Music at the University of Missouri
Chloë Walters-Wallace Director of Regional Initiatives for Firelight Media
David Wilson True/False Co-conspirator
2021 Ringleaders
Robert Greene Director, Procession
Kayla Myers Programmer & Black Creators Forum Coordinator, Indie Memphis Film Festival
2020 Ringleaders
Miriam Bale Artistic Director, Indie Memphis Film Festival
Kamau Bilal Director, Baby Brother
Sarah-Tai Black Film Programmer, The Royal Cinema
Lyric C. Cabral Director, The Rashomon Effect
Julian Carrington Distribution Manager, Hot Docs
Dessane Lopez Cassell Editor of Reviews, Hyperallergic
Jason Fitzroy Jeffers Festival Director and Cofounder, Third Horizon Film Festival
Jon-Sesrie Goff Executive Director, The Flaherty
Allison Glenn Associate Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Martine Granby Producer of Workshops and Labs, UnionDocs
Robert Greene Director, Bisbee ‘17
Alana Hauser Coordinating Producer, NYT Op-Docs
Roseli Ilano Director of Community Engagement and Partnerships, Pop-Up Magazine
Amber Espinosa-Jones Manager of Outreach & Inclusion, Sundance Institute
Darol Kae Programming Assistant, ARRAY
David Magdael President, David Magdael & Associates
Lydia Ogwang Coordinator, TIFF Cinematheque
Sierra Pettengill Director, Graven Image
Bilal Qureshi Culture Writer and Radio Journalist, Film Quarterly
Jason Silverman Publications Editor, Telluride Film Festival
Brett Story Director, The Hottest August
Paul Sturtz Co-Founder, True/False Film Fest
Nicole Tsien Associate Producer, POV
Chloë Walter-Wallace Documentary Lab Manager, Firelight Media
Steve Witzig Associate Professor, UMass-Dartmouth and former print traffic controller for T/F
Stacey Woelfel Director, Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism
2019 Ringleaders
Nell Augustin coordinator of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program
Miriam Bale artistic director of the Indie Memphis Film Festival
Cecilia Barrionuevo artistic director of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Nelson Carvajal video essayist and film critic
Samara Grace Chadwick senior programmer at Points North Institute and Camden International Film Festival
Ashley Clark senior repertory and specialty film programmer at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and 2018 T/F Neither/Nor programmer-critic
Rooney Elmi founding editor and curator of SVLLY(wood)
Chloe Gbai shorts and streaming producer at AmDoc (POV)
Micah Gottlieb assistant programmer at the Quad Cinema
Nikki Heyman co-producer at AmDoc (POV)
Eric Hynes curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image and the inaugural T/F Neither/Nor programmer-critic in 2013
Jason Fitzroy Jeffers co-founder of Third Horizon and director of the Third Horizon Film Festival
Leigh Kolb programmer of the Riverside Short Film Festival and T/F screening committee member
Melissa Lyde founder and curator of Alfreda’s Cinema and the new media manager at Film Movement
Edwin Martinez filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor (To Be Heard, T/F 2011)
Nick Pinkerton film critic and 2016 T/F Neither/Nor programmer-critic
Tracy Rector filmmaker, producer, and co-founder of Longhouse Media
Jason Silverman cinematheque director at the Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe
Rea Tajari filmmaker, visual artist, and associate professor of Film Media Arts at Temple University
Chloë Walters-Wallace documentary lab manager at Firelight Media
Chase Whiteside filmmaker (América, T/F 2018)
Steve Witzig associate professor at UMass-Dartmouth and former print traffic controller for T/F
Stacey Woelfel director of the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism