Project Team & Advisors




The Filmmakers

Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution

Filmmakers from the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Chester


Riverside Correctional Facility for Women

Filmmakers from Philadelphia’s Riverside Correctional Facility for Women


Erika Tsuchiya-Bergere

Erika Tsuchiya-Bergere Lead Teaching Artist


William Wallace III

William Wallace III Co-Teaching Artist




Project Team

Annie Anderson

Annie Anderson Project Support


Lowell Boston

Lowell Boston Animation Consultant and Guest Teaching Artist


Robyn Buseman

Robyn Buseman Project Coordinator and Community Engagement


Greenhouse Media - Aaron Igler and Matt Suib

Greenhouse Media Animation Technical Support, Screening Projection and Sound

Aaron Igler and Matt Suib


Shawn Hawes

Shawn Hawes Philadelphia Department of Prisons


Sean Kelley

Sean Kelley Project Lead


Christina May

Christina May Storytelling Coach and Script Advisor


Damon McCool

Damon McCool Community Engagement, Program Facilitator


MING Media

MING Media Documentary Filmmakers

Jon Kauffman and El Sawyer


Mandee Quinn

Mandee Quinn PA Department of Corrections


Nicole Rodrigues

Nicole Rodrigues Guest Teaching Artist (Animation)


Stephen Schaffer

Stephen Schaffer Guest Teaching Artist (Screenwriting)


Lauren Zalut

Lauren Zalut Community Engagement




Core Advisors

Louis Massiah

Louis Massiah

Senior Project Advisor

Scribe Video Center


Jesse Krimes

Jesse Krimes Visual Artist, Co-Founder of Right of Return Fellowship




Additional Project Advisors

Penny Balkin Bach

Penny Balkin Bach Association for Public Art


Russell Craig

Russell Craig Visual Artist, Co-Founder of Right of Return Fellowship


John Pace

John Pace Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program


Patricia Way

Patricia Way Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program