List of Guest Speakers

• Hébert Peck, Producer of “I Am Not Your Negro” and "Fatal Assistance" (“Assistance Mortelle”). He is also a media arts educator at Rutgers University

• Carolina Pais-Barreto Beyers, Executive Director, The Tull Family Theater

• Joel Bechtel, Vice President, marketing and brand development, Pennsylvania Cable Network.

• Kalpana Biswas Producer, Filmmaker and Host of Indie Film Forum, she is currently working on "Jewels of Kandahar," a documentary film about war-weary Afghan women in the Taliban region earning a living sewing.

• Tony Buba, Director and Producer, Founder of Braddock Films. He has made many powerful documentaries including “Ghosts of Amistad – In the Footsteps of the Rebels”, “We Are Alive – The Fight To Save Braddock Hospital”, and “Voices From A Steeltown”.

• Martha Conley, Esq., Lawyer, Activist and Filmmaker. She is a modern day abolitionist, committed to reform of the prison industry and the end of the death penalty.

• Dr. Tim Hudson; Professor of communication, Point Park University, producer and former broadcaster.

• Chris Ivey, Artist and Filmmaker internationally known for his documentary series "East of Liberty"

• Stephanie Malson, Writer, Videographer and Creative consultant.

• Nadine Patterson, Filmmaker, Documentary Film Strategist at Robert Morris University, Director of "Tango Macbeth".

• Dr. Jim Seguin, Director of "What Does Trouble Mean? Nate Smith's Revolution," production of the RMU Center for Documentary Production and Study.

• Eric Siler, Professional Learning Coordinator, educational technology, WVIZ/PBS Idea Stream, Cleveland, OH, and Lecturer, School of Communication, Cleveland State University.