This Is Where We Take Our Stand

David Zeiger has been making documentaries since the early 1990s. His films include his personal essay, The Band (P.O.V., 1997); a 13-part series about the 1999-2000 school year at Fairfax High in Los Angeles, Senior Year (PBS national broadcast 2002); a film about octogenarian television writers, Funny Old Guys (HBO 2002); and a feature documentary telling the suppressed story of the the GI antiwar movement against the Vietnam War, Sir! No Sir! (2006 theatrical run, 2007 Sundance Channel, BBC, Arte France).

Bestor Cram began his career as an independent filmmaker in the early 1970s, following a tour of duty in Vietnam. He urgently needed to find a way to communicate to the hearts and minds of those who had already dismissed an opportunity for dialogue. It was a time of polarizing words sparked by horrific acts of violence that needed to be understood in the context of misleading lies, cover-ups, and nasty political discourse. It was a pivotal era of lost innocence, forever changing the way our nation saw itself — and how a young veteran saw himself. In 1982, he founded Northern Light Productions, where today he serves as the Creative Director. Cram has built Northern Light into one of the premiere documentary production companies in New England, dedicating himself to documentary film and museum work that strives to achieve a greater truth. Bestor has written, directed, produced, shot and executive produced over 30 films, including Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Circus Without Borders, Beyond the Wall, and ANITA: Speak Truth to Power.