JESSICA EARNSHAW (Director, Producer, Cinematographer)

Jessica Earnshaw is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photojournalist. Her work focuses on criminal justice, familial relationships and women. Her photography has appeared in National Geographic, The Marshall Project, Mother Jones Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, amongst others. Her first documentary feature, JACINTA (Hulu/ABC News, 2021), won the Albert Maysles Best New Documentary Director Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020. JACINTA has received nominations from the International Documentary Association for best feature documentary and best director, as well as two Cinema Eye nominations for best debut feature and a spotlight award. Her film BABY DOE (2025, Impact Partners), a feature documentary, will premiere in competition at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival. Jessica was named one of DOC NYC’s “40 under 40” in 2020, she’s a graduate of the International Center of Photography, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. 

HOLLY MEEHL CHAPMAN (Producer)

Holly produces award-winning narrative and documentary features at her company Lunamax Films, focusing on thought-provoking stories that shift cultural perspectives. She is currently in production on an all-archival documentary surrounding the women’s movement directed by Elizabeth Wolff and executive produced by Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan. Recent credits include the feature documentary, JACINTA (Hulu/ABC News, 2021), directed by Jessica Earnshaw, which launched to critical acclaim and won the Tribeca Festival’s Best New Documentary Director Award. Holly also produced the New York Times Critics’ Pick, FOR THE BIRDS (Dogwoof, 2019) and festival favorite romantic comedy, IN REALITY (Giant Pictures, 2019). Holly’s co-producing credits include the feature docs (DIS)HONESTY: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES (CNBC, 2015) and LOVE, CHARLIE: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHEF CHARLIE TROTTER (Greenwich Entertainment, 2022). Holly was an Impact Partners Producing Fellow and named one of DOC NYC’s “40 under 40” in 2020. She holds a BA in Creative Writing and Film Studies from Vanderbilt University. She lives with her husband, son, and two dogs in Los Angeles.

JOHN RUDOLF (Co-Producer)

John is a writer, producer and investigative journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Huffington Post and the Guardian, among other outlets. As national criminal justice reporter for the Huffington Post, he investigated wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and institutional violence and official corruption at jails and prisons in Alabama and Georgia. At HuffPost, his work included in-depth stories on the controversial execution of inmate Troy Davis in Georgia and the vigilante killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida. For the New York Times, his work included in-depth features on climate change in Greenland and on the foreclosure crisis in Arizona. He was the anchor writer for the NYT Green environmental blog for several years and investigated the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill from Louisiana. He lives in Seattle.

GEORGE O’DONNELL (Editor)

George O'Donnell is an award-winning documentary film editor with over two decades of experience editing historical and verité feature documentaries, series, and shorts. His recent work includes editing Baby Doe (2025, Impact Partners), a feature documentary directed by Jessica Earnsahw set to premiere in competition at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival. He recently edited the short film "It's OK" (2024, The New Yorker) directed by Oscar nominated filmmaker, David France. He edited Jacinta (2021, Hulu/ABC), which won the Tribeca Film Festival's Best New Director Award. George's extensive career includes editing for PBS’s American Experience, as well as Frontline, POV, and Independent Lens. He’s worked with renowned directors like Ken Burns and Rachel Dretzin contributing to award-winning projects like Jackie Robinson, Kinsey, and The Jewish Americans. He also directed, edited and produced, College Boys Live, which won the Emerging Talent Award at OUTFEST 2009. George is a graduate of Bard College and resides in both Germantown and Brooklyn, New York.

LEAH BOATRIGHT (Editor)

Leah Boatright is a documentary editor celebrated for spotlighting unlikely heroes who challenge systems and drive change. Her deeply empathetic approach highlights the humanity in every subject, weaving personal narratives into broader contexts and inviting viewers to connect emotionally and intellectually. She has edited the Emmy-nominated Storm Lake (Woodstock Film Festival 2021 Best Documentary, AFI DOCS 2021 Audience Award) and Exposure (DOC NYC 2022, BIFF Best Adventure Film 2022), as well as commercial work for Mercedes-Benz, Supercell, Meta, VICE, Vogue, Refinery29, and Hearst. Her versatility extends to series like the Safdie Brothers’ HBO show Chillin Island and the Sundance Official Selection pilot Maggie (SXSW 2021 Best Episodic Pilot). Recent projects include The Fourth Wall (Tribeca 2023), investigating the Upper West Side cult known as the Sullivanians, and The Librarians, directed by Kim A. Snyder (Sundance 2025, SXSW 2025).

EMILY THOMAS (Cinematographer)

Emily Thomas is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer specializing in cinema verité filmmaking. Her work is rooted in intimately documenting the human experience to bring light to pressing societal and environmental issues with nuance, emotion, and hope. Her work has been featured on Netflix, Frontline, PBS, the New Yorker, Vimeo Staff Picks and screened at numerous film festivals. She recently was a cinematographer on the Frontline series American Voices, directed the short documentary “Last Days at Paradise High” (The New Yorker) and produced The Great Thirst: William Mulholland (PBS). She is currently directing her first feature documentary, The Dead Zone, on pretrial detention issues across the South. Prior to filmmaking, she was a journalist and human rights investigator, having reported on breaking crime news at The Huffington Post, pioneering video verification at Storyful, and working on international human rights investigations with the Human Rights Center. She is co-founder of Lemon Tree Productions based in Baltimore.

GIL TALMI (Composer)

Gil Talmi is an EMMY nominated film composer and recording artist with a passion for socially conscious films.Some of Gil's most recent work includes original music for Harry and Meghan (Netflix/Story Syndicate), Wild Wild Space (HBO/Zero Point Zero), UNKNOWN: Cosmic Time Machine (Netflix/Story Syndicate), Lead Me Home (Netflix/Actual Films), Jacinta (Hulu/Endeavor Pictures), ALL IN: The Fight For Democracy (Amazon Studios/Story Syndicate), The Great Hack (Netflix / A Noujaim Films/Othrs Productions) and Chavela (Aubin Pictures).Gil won a BMI Film & TV award for his score for Netflix’s Harry & Meghan and his score for Chavela was nominated for Best Original Composition ­Feature Film Score by the Music and Sound Awards. Gil was nominated for a National News and Documentary Emmy Award for his work on CBS Evening News and recently won Best Documentary for his score for Tales Of The Waria (PBS Global Voices).

IMPACT PARTNERS (Executive Producer)

Impact Partners is dedicated to funding independent documentary storytelling that
entertains audiences, engages with pressing social issues, and propels the art of cinema forward. Over the span of 17 years, Impact Partners has been involved in the financing of over 150 films, including: SUGARCANE, Academy Award ® nominee for Best Documentary Feature in 2025, UNION, Cinema Eye Honors winner for or Best Production, 32 SOUNDS, Cinema Eye Honors winner for Outstanding Nonfiction Feature; AFTERSHOCK Peabody and Emmy Award winner, OF FATHERS AND SONS, nominated an Academy Award ® for Best Documentary Feature, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?, Independent Spirit Award winner for Best Documentary; DINA, Grand Jury Prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival and winner of the IDA award for Best Feature Documentary, ICARUS, winner of the Academy Award ® for Best Documentary Feature, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, nominated for the 2013 Academy Award ® for Best Documentary Feature;  HELL AND BACK AGAIN, winner the Grand Jury Prize Award at the Sundance Film Festival and nominated for the Academy Award ® for Best Documentary Feature.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jenny Raskin, Kelsey Koenig, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Meadow Fund, Jamie Wolf & Nathalie Seaver, Debbie L. McLeod, Tom Meadows and Peggy Case

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: InMaat, Drew Scott, Erika A. Christensen, Chris Boeckmann