Catherine Gund, founder and director of Aubin Pictures, is an Emmy-nominated and Academy-shortlisted producer, director, writer, and activist. Her work focuses on strategic, sustainable social transformation, arts and culture, HIV/AIDS, and racial, reproductive, and environmental justice. Her films, which have screened internationally and on PBS, HBO, Paramount+, the Discovery Channel, SundanceTV, Free Speech TV, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video, include PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE, MEANWHILE, ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? VOICES FROM A PLANTATION PRISON, PRIMERA, AGGIE, CHAVELA, and BORN TO FLY.

She has served on numerous arts, media, and justice nonprofit boards and has been a creative advisor on many documentary films. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and an alumna of Brown University and the Whitney Independent Study Program. She lives in New York City with her four children.

Mariah Norman is a writer, filmmaker, and dancer from Cincinnati. A graduate of Harvard University with a degree in History & Literature, her work blends archival research and speculative world-building across mediums in pursuit of a more just future.