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Standing Together
In Solidarity
We, the undersigned, stand in opposition to further media consolidation that affects the independent film sector, audiences, and local communities.
Signers
8 Above
A-Doc: Asian American Documentary Network
Aaron Razi Baseman, Director
Adam Schroeder, Producer
Adrienne, Film Worker
Aimee Lyde, Film Editor
Alex Gibney, Filmmaker
Alex Rivera, Filmmaker
Alice Quinlan, Impact Producer
Alexandra Pearson, Impact Producer
Allison Austin
Allison Bird, Photo Editor
Alyssa Johnson, Film Festival Worker
Amanda Guilland, Indie Film Supporter
Amilca Palmer, Archival Producer
Amelia Hoang
American Economic Liberties Project
Applied Comics Etc
André Mielnik
Andy, Doctor
Anne Alvergue, Documentary Filmmaker
Arabella Anderson, Screenwriter
Ariana, Sustainability Manager
Archival Producers Alliance
Art House Convergence
Barrelmaker Productions
Barbara Twist, Exhibition Consultant
Beckie Bunch, Consumer
Benjamin Kainz, Independent Film Producer
Ben Judkins, Filmmaker
Beth Aala, Filmmaker
Bingham Bryant, Filmmaker
Black Documentary Collective
Bharat Balyan, Musician
Brittany Barber, Production Assistant
Bre Selling
Brandon Gutierrez, Actor/Voice Actor
Brenda Coughlin, Producer
Brian Lenz, Investor/Operator in Sports & Media
Brooke Berman, Screenwriter/Filmmaker
Bruna Feliciano da Silva, Indie Film Supporter
Carl Deal, Independent Filmmaker
Carla Rautenberg
Carmen Vicencio, Audience/Public
Caroline O'Brien, 1st Assistant Director
Caitlin McGrath, Cinema Operator
Calvin McDowell, Union Member
Cassidy Dimon, Non-Profit Arts Executive
Cassidy McIntire, Indie Film Supporter
Cassie Kramer, Indie Film Supporter
Catherine Fleming Bruce, Candidate
Cecilia Aldarondo, Filmmaker
Celeste Lear
Chasan Hall, Writer/Educator
Chris Albanese
Christi Cooper, Producer & Director
Christopher Malek
Claire Hansen
Claudia López, Archival Producer
Chiemi Karasawa, Director/Producer
Chicken & Egg Films
Chloe Walters-Wallace, Regional Film Initiatives Director
Chuck Hayes, Inbound Sales Agent
Christina LaMonte, Actor/Crew Member
Christine Fugate, Independent Filmmaker
Center for Independent Documentary
Cielito Pascual, Indie Film Supporter
Ciaran Duff, Production Assistant
CineFest Latino Boston
CJ Staples, Community Organizer
Cody Zwieg, Film/TV Producer
Color Congress
Colleen Sullivan, Film Supporter
Committee for the First Amendment
Common Cause
Common Cause California
Christina Seeborg, Indie Film Supporter
Courtney Daniels, Filmmaker
Cynthia Lowen, Independent Film Director/Producer
Dominique Anders, Producer
Documentary Producers Alliance
Dakota Rivera, Indie Film Supporter
Dana Reilly, Independent Filmmaker
Dave Clements, Film Supporter
David Holanda, Indie Film Supporter
David Williams, Artist/Musician
Dennis Marciuska, Director & Production Sound Mixer
Devon Deming, Writer/Producer
Divya Raman, Indie Film Supporter
Donald Goldmacher, Producer/Writer
Doug Block, The D-Word
Drew Yancey, Concerned Citizen
Elijah J. Evans, Indie Film Supporter
Elizabeth Black, Archival Researcher
Elizabeth Unger, Film Director
Ellen Goosenberg Kent
Elias Holtz, Writer & Producer
Ellyn Vander Wyden, Producer / Director
Erica Ginsberg, Arts Administrator + Filmmaker
Erica Harrell
Erica L. Taylor, Documentary Producer
Erica Smith, Animation Industry Artist
Erica, Indie Film Supporter
Emile Klein
Emily Shesh, Writer/Director
Emma D. Miller, Filmmaker
Entertainment Strategy Guy
Eric Chan
Eric L. Thompson, Indie Filmmaker
Ernie Generalli, Editor
Evan Rindler, Producer
Evelyn Donnelly, Film Student
Exposure Labs
Educational Video Center
Film Camp
Film Festival Alliance
Fallon Young, Filmmaker
Farah Merani, Actor/Writer
Feed You Films
Free Press
Future Film Coalition
G. Prime
Gary Meyer, Film Producer/Publisher
Gautam Singhani, Producer
Gemini Pictures
George Ehret, Director/Producer/Writer
Gitanjali Kapila
Gio, Human Being
Golden Cole
Gray Rodriguez, Film Festival Alliance
Greenbelt Cinema
Greg Schwartz, Editor
Groundwork Collaborative
Gretchen Hildebran, Filmmaker
Hannah Kasulka, Actor/Filmmaker
Hillary Pierce, Documentary Producer
Hire Survivors Hollywood
Honey Head Films
Hope For Film
Humza Syed, Producer & Finance Manager
Ileana Vasquez, Filmmaker
Ilse Fernandez, Director/Producer
Impact Partners
Indiana University Cinema
Isabella Cummings
Isabella Holloway, Indie Film Supporter
International Documentary Association
I R Grunberger, Film Supporter
It's Just Comedy
Jack Lindauer, Filmmaker
Jacob Wolbert
James Fahey, Film Festival Fundraiser
James Lieske, MPEG Assistant Editor
James V. Hart, Screenwriter
Jax Deluca, Industry Consultant
Jess, Community Organizer
Jan Schrieber
Jason Pollard
Jeff Kessler, Indie Film Supporter
Jen Richards, Writer
Jennie Mason, Creative Director
Jennifer Goldson, Writer
Jeremy Roth-Rose, Founder of LA's Rich & Successful Film Festival
Jesse Robinson, Filmmaker
Jessica Dardarian
Jet Raksin, On-Air Host/Producer
Jeff Orlowski-Yang, Filmmaker
Jendra Jarnagin, Cinematographer
Jenny Jo Stokka, Producer
Johannes Kroemer
Joanna Rudolph, Film Producer
Joanne Parsont, Indie Film Supporter
Joey Lucero, Writer/Voice Actor
John Ayala, Producer
Jon Reiss, Theatrical Distributor, 8 Above
Jonathan Daniel Brown, Producer
Jonathan Halperin
Jordan Gass-Pooré, Journalist
Joshua Ko, Assistant
JT Takagi, Filmmaker
Juan Ledoux, Director/Actor
Jude Ray, Producer & Director
Julia Dunlavey, Film Buyer
Julia Griffin, Producer
Julia, Actor
Jyoti Sarda, Producer
Karen Helmerson, Cultural Investments Advisor
Keith Wilson, Filmmaker
Kelly Schreiber, Indie Film Supporter
Kassidy Gregory, Filmmaker
Kate McFadden
Katherine Hoppe, 3D Artist
Katherine Rye Jewell, Historian & Media Scholar
Katherine Sherwood
Kathy Mandato, CHRO
Kenneth Pitt, College Student
Kinema
Korleon Palmer, Artist
Kosinima
Kristen Tepper
Kristin Atwell Ford, Filmmaker
Kristin Kohlmeyer, Documentary Producer
Kristina Motwani, Documentary Editor
Kristi Ray, Producer
Ky J. Boyd, Exhibitor
Laura Garbes, Professor
Laura, Actress
Laura Lewis, Producer
Laurel Heflin, Film Supporter
Lauren Kushner, Artist Development
Laura Nix, Filmmaker
Lian Mittendorf, Videographer
Lillian Taylor, Educator/Cinephile
Logan Smith, Indie Film Supporter
Louranzo Fletcher Jr.
Lucy Johnson, Actor
Luisa Dantas, Filmmaker
Luka, Indie Film Supporter
Mariah Wilson, Documentary Filmmaker
Marian Masone, Industry/Curatorial Consultant
Marjan Safinia, Independent Filmmaker
Maria Agui Carter, Filmmaker
Marcia Jarmel
Maryland Poor People's Campaign
Manon Blackman, Producer
Marilyn Ness, Filmmaker
Martina Monro, Screenwriter
Mary, Actor
Mary McGloin, Union Actor
Mary Wall, Writer/Director/Producer
Maryam Filsoof
Matthew Yifeng, Film Nonprofit Executive Director
Max Stenstrom, Director
McCrae Cook
Meena Nanji, Filmmaker
Meghna Rao, Producer
Mellissa M, Indie Film Supporter
Milani Mambane, Indie Filmmaker
Mira Crowell, Animation Artist
Mirra Bank, Filmmaker
Michael B Puskar, Artist/Social Justice Activist
Michael Bartz, Producer
Michael Chihak, Indie Film Supporter
Michael Nwachukwu, Loganville, GA
MJ Marvin, Professional Storyteller
Mitch Teplitsky, Filmmaker & Marketing Consultant
Mitchell Gonzales
Molly, Camera Assistant
Molly Murphy, Writer
Muhammad Usman
Myerick Mendoza, Film Supporter
Multitude Films
Mezcla Media Collective
Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors
N Mukii, Writer
Nancy Krick, Artist
Natalie Blake, Union Member
Neha Kakatkar, Storyboard Artist
Nathan Potter-Takagawa
Nicole Johnston, Film Producer
Nicole Page, Partner Reavis Page Jump LLP
Noel Jacob, Supporter
Noel Mathew
Olivia Snyder-Spak, Producer
Open Markets Institute
Open Television
Paige Compton, Director
Patricia Aufderheide, Professor & Media Scholar
Praxibetel-Ix, Indie Film Supporter
Patrick Robitsch, Indie Film Supporter
Paula Smith Arrigoni, Arts Administrator
Peace is Loud
Perspective Fund
Pete Van Auker, Producer
Peter Arne Johnson, Educator
Points North Institute
Pollinate Entertainment
Pritha Mukherji, Cinephile
Racing Horse Productions
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Filmmaker
Rachel Klein, CEO Gire Starter Studios
Rachel Z, Creative Writer
Rachel, Indie Filmmaker
Rebecca Richman Cohen
Red Owl
Rialto Cinemas
Reid Davenport, Filmmaker
Reneaux Ruffin, Filmmaker/Journalist
Richard Gunn, Actor
Richard Rushfield, Journalist
Rik Shafer
Robert DeStefan
Robyn Heller, Teaching Artist
Rona Tamir, Screenwriter
Rowan Fernandez
Russell Gordon, Nickelodeon Fan
Rose, Concerned Citizen
Roseanne Malfucci, Filmmaker
Ryann Adams, Advocate
Sabrina Avilés, Executive Director & Independent Filmmaker
Sahar Driver, Impact Producer/Sector Organizer
Sally Grassi, Indie Film Supporter
Sarah Ann Masse, Actor/Writer/Filmmaker/SAG-AFTRA LA Local Board Member
Sarah, Screenwriter
Sawyer Hayes, Screenwriter
Sarah Katz, Documentary Producer
Sarah Keo, Indie Filmmaker
Sarah Schoellkopf, Producer
Sasha Pagan, Nurse
Sebas V, Artist
Shari Basom
Sharanya Radhamohan, Film supporter
Shanna Carrick, Film Festival Executive
Shannon Parker, Creative Director
Sergio Andres Lobo-Navia, Festival Worker + Projectionist
Sergio Uguet de Resayre, Filmmaker
Simon Guillermo Valderrama Baldelli, Director
Skyanna Leaf, Supporter
Smarthouse Creative
Sonia Almanza Gambaro, CEO/Producer
Sonya Childress, Film Worker & Field Organizer
Stacy Robinson, TV Writer/Producer
Susan Margolin, Producer
Susi Walsh
Tamara Scharf, Film Enthusiast
Taylor Higgins
Taylour Chang, Filmmaker/Arts Administrator
Ted Hope
Ted Passon, Filmmaker
Terry Lawler
The D-Word
Thomas Hegarty
Tim van den Hoff, Producer/Director
Tiffany Fisher-Love
Todd Luoto
Tom Klein, Non-Profit Worker
Tommaso Borghi, Graduate Student
Trevor Byrne, Filmmaker/Educator
Trevor McBride, Indie Film Supporter
Tyler St. Pierre, Independent Producer
Ursula Liang, Director
The Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Valerie Gamache, Community Organizer
Valerie Torres, Theatrical Distribution Consultant
Veronica Pinkham, Film Editor
Vi Mooberry
Victor Pickard, Media, Policy, Communications Scholar
Victoria Haynes, Indie Filmmaker
Warren Mitchell, Actor
Wendi Olson, Indie Film Supporter
Xan, Indie Filmmaker
Xavier Gandy, Film & TV Viewer
Yimi Tong, VFX Producer
Zachary Jenkins, Indie Film Supporter
Zainab Ali
Zack Rice, Producer
Zack Zucker, Manager
Zohair Ashraf, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim Fan
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