From Print to Screen:

Sandra McDaniel is a television producer for documentary and news programs. She joined the nonprofit news organization Retro Report in 2016 after stints at NBC News, The Documentary Group, and Ark Media. She has produced short- and long-form stories on criminal justice, public health, and other topics, including a documentary on domestic violence and the Burning Bed trial. That short film won a Telly award and was an official selection of the American Documentary and Animation Film Festival. She also co-produced the 2018 Retro Report short documentary The Roots of Evangelicals’ Political Fervor, which examines the political engagement of evangelical Christians in the United States. She was part of the Retro Report producing team, along with Soledad O’Brien’s S.O.B. Productions, for the TIME Magazine short Campus DEI Programs Under Fire After Supreme Court Ruling on Race, a finalist for the 2024 Education Writers Association National Awards for Education Reporting.

As a director, producer, cinematographer and editor, Kevin Shaw has created award-winning films for prestige platforms. Shaw’s film, Let the Little Light Shine, was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award, debuted on PBS’ award-winning series POV, and played at several film festivals and theaters around the country to stellar reception, where the Chicago Tribune lauded the film for carrying “the visceral impact of all six Rocky films and a few Creed films put together.” The film is available on major VOD platforms Apple/iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play and others.

Shaw’s debut documentary about Basketball Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley, The Street Stops Here, aired nationally on PBS and ESPN in 2010 to rave reviews. The following year, Shaw’s Big Ten Network short documentary on a quadriplegic trying to regain the ability to walk won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Sports Reporting Excellence. His cinematography talents were recognized in 2015 with a National Sports Emmy for ESPN’s FIFA World Cup Show Opens and Teases. Later that year, Shaw produced a documentary about the relationship between megastar Shaquille O’Neal and his collegiate coach, Dale Brown.  Shaq and Dale premiered on ESPN.

Shaw was a segment director and cinematographer on America to Me, and additional cinematographer on City So Real, from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James, where they both debuted at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and aired on Starz and Hulu respectively.

Noland Walker is a content consultant at ITVS. There, he helps drive content strategy, cultivates talent and projects, and oversees a portfolio of development and production projects while providing editorial and production support to a broader slate of ITVS films. He co-curates the award-winning Independent Lens series. Prior to this role, he was the vice-president of content at ITVS. Before becoming an executive, Noland was an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker. He got his start on the landmark television series Eyes on the Prize. His rich, varied career spans Public Media, network sitcoms, and commercials, as well as independent film. Among the films he produced, wrote, or directed are Africans in America, Citizen King, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, and Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story.