Sam Waterston – Narrator

Sam Waterston is a highly esteemed actor, producer and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Killing Fields and applauded for his work on Law & Order and The Newsroom. Waterston has been a long-time member of the Board of Directors of Refugees International, an organization that helps refugees gain entry to the United States and escape persecution. He also received the Goodermote Humanitarian Award.

 

Liesel Litzenburger Meijer – Executive Producer

Liesel Litzenburger Meijer is the author of the novels Now You Love Me, from Three Rivers Press/Random House in 2007, and The Widower, from Shaye Areheart Books/Random House in 2006. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers and anthologies, and she has taught writing at several colleges and universities including New College and the University of Michigan. Visit Liesel at www.lieselonline.com

 

Mark Barger Elliott – Director/Producer

Mark is a pastor, screenwriter and filmmaker. He is the founder of Blue Lobsters Media, author of Middle of the Maze: 5 Secrets to Finding Your Way, and has been a contributor to The Huffington Post and CNN.com. Mark serves as Senior Pastor to the Mayflower Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Visit Mark at markbargerelliott.com.

 

Tom Hurwitz – Director of Photography, A.S.C.

Tom is one of our most honored documentary cinematographers and has won two Emmy Awards and a Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography. His films have won four Academy awards and several more nominations. His television programs have won Emmy, Directors Guild and film festival awards for Best Documentary. His latest film, The Queen of Versailles, won an award at the 2012 Sundance film festival.

 

Marcus Hummon – Composer

Marcus has enjoyed a successful career as a songwriter, recording artist, producer, and composer. Six of his songs have charted #1 on Billboard, Radio and Records, or Cashbox and several  have been nominated for Grammys with Bless the Broken Road winning a Grammy. Hummon has also written five musicals and two operas. His musical, Atlanta enjoyed a three-month-long run at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

 

Ann Collins – Editor

Ann Collins has been working in documentary film for more than twenty-five years. Her editing credits include the feature documentaries The Heart of the Matter, Belly Talkers, The Charcoal People, and Sound and Fury, all of which premiered at the Sundance film Festival before receiving theatrical and television distribution. The Heart of the Matter received an award at Sundance. Sound and Fury was nominated for an Academy Award.