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
Alex Rivera, Filmmaker
Alice Quinlan, Impact Producer
Alexandra Pearson, Impact Producer
Amanda Guilland, Indie Film Supporter
American Economic Liberties Project
André Mielnik
Art House Convergence
Barbara Twist, Exhibition Consultant
Benjamin Kainz, Independent Film Producer
Ben Judkins, Filmmaker
Black Documentary Collective
Brenda Coughlin, Producer
Carl Deal, Independent Filmmaker
Carmen Vicencio, Audience/Public
Caroline O'Brien, 1st Assistant Director
Caitlin McGrath, Cinema Operator
Cecilia Aldarondo, Filmmaker
CineFest Latino Boston
CJ Staples, Community Organizer
Common Cause
Common Cause California
Courtney Daniels, Filmmaker
Documentary Producers Alliance
Dana Reilly, Independent Filmmaker
Doug Block, The D-Word
Elizabeth Unger, Film Director
Ellen Goosenberg Kent
Elias Holtz, Writer & Producer
Ellyn Vander Wyden, Producer / Director
Erica Ginsberg, Arts Administrator + Filmmaker
Erica L. Taylor, Documentary Producer
Emma D. Miller, Filmmaker
Exposure Labs
Educational Video Center
Film Festival Alliance
Fallon Young, Filmmaker
Feed You Films
Free Press
Future Film Coalition
Gemini Pictures
Gray Rodriguez, Film Festival Alliance
Greenbelt Cinema
Groundwork Collaborative
Gretchen Hildebran, Filmmaker
Hillary Pierce, Documentary Producer
Honey Head Films
Humza Syed, Producer & Finance Manager
Indiana University Cinema
International Documentary Association
Jack Lindauer, Filmmaker
James V. Hart, Screenwriter
Jax Deluca, Industry Consultant
Jeff Orlowski-Yang, Filmmaker
Jendra Jarnagin, Cinematographer
Jenny Jo Stokka, Producer
Johannes Kroemer
Joanna Rudolph, Film Producer
John Ayala, Producer
Jon Reiss, Theatrical Distributor, 8 Above
Jonathan Daniel Brown, Producer
JT Takagi, Filmmaker
Jude Ray, Producer & Director
Julia Dunlavey, Film Buyer
Jyoti Sarda, Producer
Karen Helmerson, Cultural Investments Advisor
Keith Wilson, Filmmaker
Katherine Rye Jewell, Historian & Media Scholar
Kinema
Kosinima
Kristi Ray, Producer
Laura Garbes, Professor
Laura Nix, Filmmaker
Lian Mittendorf, Videographer
Marjan Safinia, Independent Filmmaker
Maria Agui Carter, Filmmaker
Marcia Jarmel
Manon Blackman, Producer
Marilyn Ness, Filmmaker
Meena Nanji, Filmmaker
Mirra Bank, Filmmaker
Mitch Teplitsky, Filmmaker & Marketing Consultant
Multitude Films
Mezcla Media Collective
Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors
N Mukii, Writer
Nicole Page, Partner Reavis Page Jump LLP
Open Markets Institute
Open Television
Paige Compton, Director
Patricia Aufderheide, Professor & Media Scholar
Paula Smith Arrigoni, Arts Administrator
Peace is Loud
Perspective Fund
Racing Horse Productions
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Filmmaker
Rebecca Richman Cohen
Red Owl
Reid Davenport, Filmmaker
Richard Rushfield, Journalist
Rona Tamir, Screenwriter
Roseanne Malfucci, Filmmaker
Sabrina Avilés, Executive Director & Independent Filmmaker
Sahar Driver, Impact Producer/Sector Organizer
Sarah Katz, Documentary Producer
Sarah Keo, Indie Filmmaker
Sarah Schoellkopf, Producer
Sergio Andres Lobo-Navia, Festival Worker + Projectionist
Sergio Uguet de Resayre, Filmmaker
Susan Margolin, Producer
Ted Passon, Filmmaker
Terry Lawler
The D-Word
Tim van den Hoff, Producer/Director
Tiffany Fisher-Love
Tyler St. Pierre, Independent Producer
The Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Veronica Pinkham, Film Editor
Victor Pickard, Media, Policy, Communications Scholar
Zainab Ali
Zack Rice, Producer
Zack Zucker, Manager
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