DIRECTOR

Gayle Ferraro has directed and produced four feature documentaries in Bangladesh, Myanmar, India and the United States. Her most recent film, TO CATCH A DOLLAR: MUHAMMAD YUNUS BANKS ON AMERICA, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 after receiving a Sundance Documentary Program / Skoll Foundation “Stories of Change” grant. ANONYMOUSLY YOURS (2002), which Ferraro filmed clandestinely in Myanmar, played at numerous festivals including Boston International Film Festival and AFI Fest.

PRODUCER

Leading day-to-day production in Bangladesh, Sardar Ronie is a former BBC News senior reporter and previously wrote for Bangladesh’s premier English-language newspaper, the Daily Star. He specializes in multimedia, video, and digital content, with years of experience covering subjects like climate change, health, education, economics, democracy, and human rights. Ronie, who reported on the 2024 student uprising as it was happening, manages many of the project’s human relationships, investigative elements, and local crew.

SENIOR EDITOR

Our senior editor, Keiko Deguchi has edited three previous films with director Gayle Ferraro. Keiko is an award-winning editor of over 50 feature fiction and documentary films. She is a member of American Cinema Editors and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and often works with major production companies, such as National Geographic, HBO, PBS, ITVS, and Paramount Pictures.

EDITOR

Brittany Ross is an Emmy-nominated editor, and winner of Webby, NABJ, Scripps Howard, Dupont, and Front Page awards. She has worked on several feature films, including Before I Disappear, and Bounce: How the Ball Taught the World to Play. Previously, Brittany worked at Vice News where she edited news and documentary stories for VICE on HBO, Vice News Tonight, and a range of digital platforms.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Ahmed, a Dhaka-based cinematographer, has shot more than a dozen narrative feature films, fifteen documentary programs, and a wide variety of television dramas and commercials. He has degrees in marketing and business from University of Information Technology & Sciences (UITS), and studied film at the Bangladesh Cinema & Television Institute (BCTI).

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Jed Oelbaum is a journalist and producer whose short documentaries and video projects have been viewed tens of millions of times on YouTube and other social media platforms. He spent several years as a producer for Vice News, creating crime, science, and environmental stories for the brand’s digital channels and cable television news programs.