The amazing people involved with the film :

Director/Producer: Sabrina McCormick, PhDcutie

Sabrina is assistant professor in the Environmental Science and Policy Program and the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. She has previously been funded by Brown University, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Environmental Leadership Program for her work on breast cancer and the environment. She is widely published and her previous documentary film work has been shown in multiple festivals in the United States. Dr. McCormick is writing a book about breast cancer to be released concurrent to the film.



Producer: Angela Tucker

Angela, the film’s producer, is on staff at Big Mouth Productions. There, she was cutieAssociate Producer and is now Outreach Director for “Deadline,” which broadcast on NBC and was in The 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Ms. Tucker has also worked on “Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America,” “Hollywood and The Pentagon,” and “Conversations with Id.” Her award-winning work has been screened at The Women of Color Film Festival, The Imagenation Film Festival in New York and South Africa, Texas’ Juneteenth Film Festival, and The Oakland International Film Festival. Ms. Tucker received her B.A. with Honors from Wesleyan University and has completed coursework for her MFA in Film from Columbia University

Associate Producer: Bhavna Shamasunder cutie

Bhavan has worked on environmental health and justice issues in the Bay Area for the past seven years as a scientist, researcher, and advocate. She recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship focused on environmental justice in Bangalore, India. She sits on the boards of Breast Cancer Action and the Science and Environmental Health Network and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Department at the University of California, Berkeley.



Editor: Dena Mermelstein


Dena Mermelstein got her start in non-fiction filmmaking 18 years ago,
when she worked with Barbara Kopple on films produced for labor
unions. Since then, she has concentrated on documentary editing with
a focus on social issue films.

Editing highlights include a 2002 Best Documentary award at the
Tribeca Film Festival for Chiefs; a 2008 Gracie Award for National
Geographic's Girl Slaves of India; a Cine Golden Eagle award and POV
airing of American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaii; and an editing Emmy
nomination for the PBS series Reading Rainbow. Mermelstein is also a
documentary photographer, and a recent photograph of hers is included
in the Brooklyn Museum show, Click! She lives in Brooklyn, NY with
her husband Jason McDonald, and their son Hugo.



Editor: Zachary Ludescher


Zachary is a freelance filmmaker who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. cutie
The first feature length documentary he edited, “LifeLink PSU: A Road to Independence” received a 2006 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for documentary. In addition to “No Family History,” Zachary is also working on “Black February,” a short documentary about jazz composer Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris .




Animator: Ari Moore


cutieAri Moore is a queer vegan treehugging idealist living, working and learning in Brooklyn with her partner Shira Golding. Together, they offer creative and consulting services to non-profits, filmmakers, artists and small businesses. You can view Ari's work and find out more about her various projects at shirari.com.

 

Composer: Jay Weigel


Jay Weigel is a composer and musician from New Orleans.cutie  
Since 1985 he has   composed and recorded music for various video and film soundtracks, commercials and records.   His work can be heard in feature films, documentaries, orchestrations, arrangements for major recording artists and over 300 commercials.   Additionally, original work has been commissioned by the Kennedy Center, Louisiana Philharmonic, St. Louis Cathedral, University of Southern Mississippi Symphony, and the Acadiana Symphony to name a few.