The Filmmakers

Gabriel Rhodes (producer/director)
has worked as a documentary editor and independent filmmaker for seven years. His most recent film, the dark comedy Anna Is Being Stalked, was hailed by the Associated Press as "The best seven minutes of the 2002 Sundance
Film Festival." His edited work, which has been nominated for a Regional Emmy Award and a Rockefeller, has premiered at over 50 film festivals worldwide including Sundance and Cannes. His television clients include Showtime, Sundance Channel and A&E. Mr. Rhodes received his Master's degree in documentary film from Stanford University in 2000.

Keefe J. Murren (producer/director)
is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Film Studies and Anthropology and a recent Fulbright Scholar. His first film iThemba (hope) is about the Sinikithemba Choir, a choir of HIV+ persons from Durban, South Africa. Keefe is also in production on a film about New York City artist and color-theorist Sanford Wurmfeld. In addition to filmmaking, Keefe has been the Festival Coordinator for the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and continues to do freelance work in the film and television industries with a focus on new media.

Jennie Bedusa (producer)
Jennie recently left Sundance Channel where she had been working for four years in their original programming department. Over her years at Sundance Channel, Jennie was instrumental in the development and production of their "Sonic Cinema" and Sundance Film Festival programs, as well as other programming for the channel. Prior to that, Jennie was the Festival Director of the Vermont International Film Festival, a non profit organization focused on bringing issues of social justice, human rights and the environment to the community through film.

Michael Galinsky (co-director)
Along with partner Suki Hawley, Michael has made three feature films, HORNS AND HALOS (2002) HALF-COCKED (1995) and RADIATION (1999). The two latter films both deal with the independent music scene. Michael is a founding member of the New York band Sleepyhead and co-founder of the band Laptop. In 1997, he co-produced two segments for MSNBC's show Edgewise - one of which was shown opening night at 1998's Rotterdam International Film Festival.