Richard Martin

Director and co-writer

Martin holds an MFA in directing and cinematography from USC.

Josh Calvert

Co-writer

Born and raised in Orange County, Calvert began honing his craft at an early age, aided by an overactive imagination.

Melissa Lee

Producer

Born in Texas to Chinese and Burmese parents, raised in Hong Kong and England, and schooled in Boston, Lee is a recent MFA graduate from USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program.

Kevin Markwick

Director

Markwick has spent much of the last 25 years an exhibitor, owning and running one of the UK’s most successful independent cinemas, The Picture House, in Uckfield, East Sussex.

Rain Breaw

Director and writer

Breaw holds an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Akkara Srauy

Production designer

Srauy, who grew up in Fresno, holds an MFA in film and television production from USC.

Betty Lee Kim

Director

Kim holds an MFA in filmmaking from USC.

Singeli Agnew

Co-director

Agnew holds a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Joshua Fisher

Co-director

Fisher holds a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Thavisouk Phrasavath

Co-director and subject

Phrasavath is a creative consultant for Lao TV and holds an electrical engineering degree from Pratt Institute in New York City.

Blong Xiong

Introduction

Xiong is the president of the Fresno City Council. He represents District 1, which includes the Tower District.

Damian Acevedo

Cinematographer

Acevedo, who grew up in Fresno, holds a degree in film studies from San Francisco State. He won an International Guild of Cinematographer’s award for his work on the short film THE FOURTH, which screened at the 2007 Fresno Film Festival.

Darrin Navarro

Film editor

Navarro has edited dozens of Hollywood films. His credits include the independent drama HATE CRIME, the thriller BUG, and the comedy SENIOR SKIP DAY, to be released later this year.

Tyrone HuFF

Director and writer

HuFF holds an MFA in film directing from the Dodge College Conservatory of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Los Angeles. He is an alumnus of Fresno State.

Teresa Flores

Director

Flores will graduate from Fresno State this spring with a bachelor’s degree in art, with an emphasis in drawing and painting. Her first short film, JOY, screened at the 2007 Fresno Film Festival.

Dixie Salazar

Narrator

Salazar holds an MFA from Columbia University and is a visual artist involved in Fresno activist work. She teaches at Fresno State, has published three poetry collections and a novel, and has a studio in Fresno at 654 Van Ness.

David Sauvage

Director and producer

Sauvage is a graduate of Columbia University and has written and produced several plays and short films.

Carissa Phelps

Subject

Phelps holds master’s degrees in law and business from UCLA.