Tulia, Texas

Cassandra Herrman’s work includes films about immigration, juvenile justice and civil rights. American Exile, about an exiled Black Panther leader, screened at Sundance in 2002. For the PBS series Frontline/World, Herrman has produced and photographed stories about human rights in Zimbabwe and female runners in Kenya. Her Frontline/World piece about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur was nominated for a 2006 National Emmy Award.

Kelly Whalen’s recent works include an MSNBC television special, Rising from Ruin, about hurricane recovery in New Orleans, which she produced and photographed. She also co-produced The Fire Next Time and Not In Our Town: When Hate Happens Here, PBS documentaries about community responses to hate crimes and speech. Whalen documented hate crimes and ultranationalist activity in Russia as a fellow of the International Reporting Project.