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ROBERTA GROSSMAN

An award-winning filmmaker with a passion for history and social justice, Roberta Grossman has written, directed and produced more than 60 hours of film and television. She released Who Will Write Our History in 2018. Also in 2018, Grossman co-directed and produced the Netflix documentary Seeing Allred, about women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred. Seeing Allred premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, Grossman directed Above and Beyond for producer Nancy Spielberg. Grossman’s 2012 Hava Nagila (The Movie) was the opening or closing night film at more than 30 film festivals. Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh, Grossman’s 2008 film, was shortlisted for an Academy Award, aired on PBS/Independent Lens and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy. Grossman produced the feature documentary Vishniac (2023), Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, which aired on PBS/American Masters, and was the series producer and co-writer of 500 Nations, the eight-hour CBS series on Native Americans hosted by Kevin Costner. Her film Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action aired on PBS in 2005.

Grossman is the co-founder and executive director of Jewish Story Partners. She also co-founded Katahdin Productions and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Writers Guild of America. She received the lifetime achievement award at the Washington Jewish Film Festival in 2018, and the Taube Jewish Peoplehood Award in 2020. Grossman recently wrote, directed and produced films for the new Lost Shtetl Museum in Lithuania.

SOPHIE SARTAIN

Sophie Sartain is the co-director and producer of the Netflix documentary Seeing Allred, which premiered at Sundance and was described as "remarkably engaging" (The New York Times) and "an ideal companion to the #MeToo Movement" (Variety). Sartain wrote, directed, produced and filmed the ITVS-funded documentary Mimi and Dona, which aired on PBS/Independent Lens and was named one of the best TV shows of the year by The New York Times.

Sartain’s other credits include the 2023 film Vishniac (writer and co-producer); the 2014 documentary Above and Beyond (writer), winner of the audience award at more than 20 film festivals; the 2012 documentary Hava Nagila (The Movie) (writer/producer), the opening or closing night film at more than 40 film festivals; and the Emmy-nominated 2008 film Blessed Is the Match (writer/co-producer). In addition, she has contributed as a writer and story consultant on Vivien's Wild Ride (2025), Reckonings (2022), Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018), Who Will Write Our History (2018), Hotel Everest (2017), Ishi's Return (2016), Rock in the Red Zone (2015) and In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee (2010).

Sartain is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and New Day Films. She is currently directing and producing the ITVS-funded film, Buried Under Years of Dust.