Director, Producer, DP, Editor

CHITHRA JEYARAM

is a physical therapist turned filmmaker with an MFA in Film from the University of Texas, Austin. She identifies as Tamil. Her work reveals the extraordinary in the everyday, honoring the unique wisdom, resilience, and love that define both biological and chosen families. She is writing her first screenplay, "The Longest Summer"

Executive Producer

NICO OPPER

is an Emmy®-nominated filmmaker who has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s annual “25 New Faces of Independent Film”, Indiewire Magazine’s “25 LGBT Filmmakers on the Rise”, and DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40” list of documentary talents.

Animator, Graphics Designer

VEEV HERON

is a multi-media artist, organizer, social worker, and lifelong student, Veev is a painter, blacksmith, ceramicist, video artist, and animator. A board member of Tucson Rock Camp, they credit punk music for their social education. Veev is driven by a desire to spark unpredictable ripples of inspiration, particularly for younger generations facing an uncertain future.

Executive Producer

GRETCHEN SISSON

is a sociologist who studies abortion and adoption in the United States. She is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood, based on hundreds of in-depth interviews with women who have relinquished infants for domestic adoption over the past 60 years.

Music Composer

VIVEK MADDALA

is a four-time Emmy® award-winning composer and multi-instrumental performer known for composing music scores for films such as Kaboom, Highway, and the Peabody-winning American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, as well as for silent film restorations for Turner Classic Movies.

Associate Producer

EMILIA TOLEDO

is passionate about film as a tool for social impact and community building as well as the expansion of ethical approaches to documentary filmmaking practices. She is also driven by experimentalism in film, especially that which incorporates dance and movement on screen.