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COLLEEN CASSINGHAM (producer, she/her) is a Producer at Multitude Films focused on politically committed artful nonfiction that pushes formal boundaries. She is currently producing Reid Davenport's second feature film LIFE AFTER, about how disabled folks continue to die under the guise of assisted suicide. Her credits as Associate Producer include PRAY AWAY (Tribeca 2020), THROUGH OUR EYES: APART (Provincetown 2020), CALL CENTER BLUES (SXSW 2020), ALWAYS IN SEASON (Sundance 2019), THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED (Tribeca 2018), and LOVE THE SINNER (Tribeca 2017) which were distributed by Netflix, Topic, HBOMax, POV, and Independent Lens. Colleen's directorial debut short FROM DAMASCUS TO CHICAGO was broadcast on POV in 2017 and was an Editor’s Pick at The Atlantic. She was a VC Sony 2021 Mentor at The Video Consortium, a 2019 Points North Fellow, and a 2017–2018 UnionDocs Collaborative Studio fellow.

JESS DEVANEY (producer, they/she) is a Philadelphia-based producer and Founder & President of Multitude Films. Her latest films include LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER, presented by Participant (Peacock); Emmy-nominated PRAY AWAY, executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse (Netflix); Oscar-shortlisted CALL CENTER BLUES (Topic Studios); and APART, the Emmy-winning episode of the series THROUGH OUR EYES (HBO Max). She also produced Sundance Award-winning and IDA-nominated ALWAYS IN SEASON (Independent Lens) and THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED (POV), dubbed “a real-world conspiracy thriller” by Variety. Additional credits include Critics' Choice Documentary Award-nominated SPEED SISTERS (Netflix) and Peabody-nominated ROLL RED ROLL (POV, Netflix), among others. Her films have been programmed at top festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, BlackStar, and Telluride. Jess founded QueerDoc and was a Sundance Institute Documentary Edit and Story Lab fellow, Women at Sundance fellow, and Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab advisor. She received DOC NYC and Topic Studios' inaugural 40 Under 40 Award, Cinereach Producers Award, and Doc10’s inaugural Vanguard Award.

J WORTHAM (executive producer, they/them) is a journalist, cultural critic, and community care worker who frequently writes about technology, wellness, and futurism. They are a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and co-hosts of the podcast ‘Still Processing.’ J is the editor of the visual anthology “Black Futures,” a 2020 Editor’s Choice by The New York Times Book Review, along with Kimberly Drew, from One World. They are currently working on a book about the body and dissociation for Penguin Press.

ANYA ROUS (executive producer, she/her) is a Brooklyn-based Producer and Vice President of Multitude Films. Anya advises on impact strategy for films produced by Multitude and leads a movement orientation within the company’s producing model where films are drivers of culture change. Her latest films include Netflix Original PRAY AWAY (Telluride, Tribeca 2020) in partnership with Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse; as well as APART, the Emmy-winning episode of the HBO Max series THROUGH OUR EYES, in partnership with Sesame Workshop. She co-executive produced the Oscar-shortlisted CALL CENTER BLUES (SXSW 2020, TOPIC) and CALL HER GANDA (Tribeca 2018, POV) and co-produced Sundance Award-winning and IDA-nominated ALWAYS IN SEASON (Independent Lens 2020) and Livingston Award-winning THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED (Tribeca 2018, POV), which was dubbed “a real-world conspiracy thriller” by Variety. Anya brings a combined 10 years of experience in funding strategy and impact campaigns for stories that further movements for racial, economic, and gender justice. She formerly served as the Director of Strategic Relationships at Just Vision and as a grantmaker at The Nathan Cummings Foundation. Anya was a 2019–2020 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow, a 2019 Impact Partners Documentary Producing Fellow, a 2020–2021 DOC NYC 40 Under 40 filmmaker, and a 2021 Gotham/Cannes Producers Network Fellow.

JENNI WOLFSON (executive producer, she/her) is the Executive Director of Chicken & Egg Pictures, which supports women non-fiction filmmakers whose artful and innovate storytelling catalyzes social change. Jenni was previously the Managing Director of WITNESS, the international human rights video advocacy organization co-founded by musician Peter Gabriel. Jenni has worked for UNICEF, protecting the rights of children affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters. She has also served in numerous posts around the world for the UN, including the UN International Civilian Mission in Haiti and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Rwanda as a human rights investigator. Jenni wrote and performs a solo play, RASH, about her experiences as a human rights activist. She has a Masters Degree in Human Rights and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strathclyde.

SWETA VOHRA (co-executive producer, she/her) is a NYC-based journalist, filmmaker, and producer at Multitude Films. Prior to joining Multitude, she was a producer/director on the first season of The New York Times series THE WEEKLY on FX and Hulu, and produced and directed over a dozen films for Al Jazeera English’s award-winning show FAULT LINES. She was also the producer on a BBC Studios feature documentary set to stream worldwide later this year. Sweta is a 2021–2022 DOC NYC 40 Under 40 Filmmaker and has received the National Association of Black Journalists Excellence Award, the Radio Television Digital News Association Kaleidoscope Award, and three News and Documentary Emmy® nominations for her work.

VIRIDIANA LIEBERMAN (editor, she/her) is a filmmaker and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. She edited the feature documentary I AM EVIDENCE (Tribeca 2017, HBO), which won a 2019 News & Doc Emmy for Best Documentary and the short documentary LOVE THE SINNER (Tribeca 2017). She also co-directed FATTITUDE, a feature documentary that exposes how popular culture fosters fat prejudice and then offers an alternative way of thinking. She edited SPECIAL OLYMPICS: 50 YEARS OF CHANGING THE GAME which aired in 2018 on ABC and ESPN and THE SENTENCE (HBO), which won the 2018 Sundance Film Festival US Documentary Audience Award and the 2019 Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. In 2019, she edited STONEWALL: THE MAKING OF A MONUMENT for New York Times Op-Docs.

GRACE MENDENHALL (editor, she/her) is the Post-Production Manager at Multitude Films. She was the Associate Editor and Post-Production Supervisor on PRAY AWAY (Tribeca 2020), as well as the Associate Editor on JULIA (Telluride 2021) and RBG (Sundance 2018), which was nominated for an Oscar in Best Documentary Feature. As an Assistant Editor, Grace worked on THE LAST OUT (Tribeca 2020), PATRIMONIO (Berlinale 2018), and AMERICA UPRISING, a series of shorts profiling social justice activists. She is a 2018 Karen Schmeer Diversity in the Edit Room Fellowship Mentee. Grace graduated from The College of William and Mary, where she majored in Philosophy and attended the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

Consulting Producers
Rivkah Beth Medow
Jen Rainin
Jeff Seelbach

Production Coordinators
Morgan Hulquist
Paula González-Nasser