A documentary filmmaker, scholar, and writer, Jodie Childers has published her research in Comparative American Studies, Jacobin, Transatlantica, and The Hopkins Review, among others. Her creative work has been featured in Boulevard, The Portland Review, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, and other literary magazines. She received the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize, a Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Fellowship, and two Pushcart Prize nominations. A Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane University, she holds a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in American studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Brooklyn College.

Dan Messina is a Queens-based showrunner, director, and editor with over fifteen years of experience in nonfiction film and television. He directed The Other Parade, which aired on RTE and screened at Frameline. He edited and co-wrote Taking a Chance on God, a feature documentary that has been shown at events and film festivals worldwide, from Woodstock to EuroPride. His series Women on Death Row premiered in August 2023, and he has also served as showrunner, producer, and editor for shows on Discovery Plus, Oxygen, National Geographic, Investigation Discovery, and OWN, among others. He holds an M.A. in the Humanities from the University of Chicago.