Meet the Team
BRYAN GIBEL
DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
Co-Director Of Photography
Bryan is a director, producer and cinematographer in Oakland, CA. He shoots, directs and often edits his own projects, which range from investigations into the criminal justice system to visual experiments capturing movement and dance. His films are deeply personal explorations of the people in front of his lens, and his camera always seeks to bring viewers closer to his subjects.
Originally from New Mexico, he worked as a bilingual reporter in Albuquerque before earning a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism documentary film program in 2012, where he was awarded the Mark Felt Fellowship for Investigative Reporting. While at Berkeley, he directed, shot and edited Chicago Confessional, a 26-minute documentary film about wrongful convictions and an inmate’s fight for a new trial after 30 years in prison.
His hybrid short documentary, Sickness in the System, which depicts the COVID-19 outbreak in San Quentin Prison using actors, animation and archival footage, was picked up by Field of Vision for distribution and released in 2022. His half-hour dance film, Love, A State of Grace, will premiere at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival in October 2023. He was awarded a National Media-Maker Fellowship by the Bay Area Video Coalition in 2018. He speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.
A.K. SanDHU
co-DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
Co-Director Of Photography
A.K. is a filmmaker who directs, produces, and now writes films about female protagonists, the immigrant experience, and new perspectives on history. Probing themes such as race, class, spirituality, and cross-cultural solidarity, she tells stories to bridge the gap between our perceived differences and cultivate a deeper understanding of human connections.
Her debut award-winning film, ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton (1942–1989) screened at festivals like Tribeca, PanAfrican, Mill Valley and beyond before being acquired by MTV Documentaries/Paramount+.
A.K. has been awarded the Emerging Artist Award in the State of California and was the winner of SeriesFest ‘Spotlight Your Town’ Pitch competition by NatGeo and Visible. She was selected as part of the inaugural cohorts for DOC NYC/VC’s Storytelling Incubator and for Re-Take Oakland film fellowship for emerging BIPOC filmmakers.
She is currently in development for a mix of documentary and narrative projects and a docu-series that reveals the neglected stories of women and children of the Black Panther Party and their ongoing work to redefine our cultural narrative through the arts. A.K. has earned degrees from Columbia University and U.C. Berkeley, and is an active member of A-Doc, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, CineFemme, D-Word and Collective of Documentary Women Cinematographers. She speaks English, Punjabi, and Hindi/Urdu.
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DELVON WORTHY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Delvon Worthy is the Founder and CEO of 3Roots, bringing over a decade of experience working with executives, thought leaders, family foundations, philanthropists, nonprofits, and storytellers. With a deep understanding of the film industry and a global network.
Delvon is dedicated to ensuring that impactful stories continue to be told. As the former Director of Partnerships at Participant, a media company at the intersection of art and activism, Delvon is passionate about supporting captivating stories that resonate with our hearts and enhance the beauty of our world.
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KEVIN JONES
SENIOR EDITOR
Kevin is an Emmy-award-winning editor whose cut over a dozen feature-length documentaries. His credits include Dave Chappelle Live in Real Life, which had its premiere as the closing night film of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. He also edited the Emmy-winning documentary A Lion in the House, which premiered at Sundance before airing nationally on PBS. His credits also include Burn, the audience award winner at the Tribeca Film Festival and New York Times Critic's Pick.
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SARA LAFLEUR-VETTER
PRODUCER
Sara Lafleur-Vetter is a documentary filmmaker and a photographer with a passion for telling stories of the underdog and the underbelly of society. She believes in the power of film and photography to better the world. Lafleur is inspired by the #decolonizedocs movement and believes media makers have a duty to flip the script of structural inequality, racism, sexism, and heteronormativity.
Lafleur holds a Master’s in Journalism specializing in Documentary Film from the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where she was fortunate to study under the doc giants Jon Else and Orlando Bagwell. At present, Lafleur is working on a feature-length film about several Indigenous activists who were transformed by their experience at Standing Rock. The film has drawn support from IDA, IFP, and Berkeley Film Foundation. Lafleur was also a 2018 BAVC MediaMaker Fellow.
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ALYANA REID
CO-PRODUCER | SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Alyana is Betty Reid’s granddaughter. She graduated from UC Irvine where she studied Film. She previously worked as a Quality Control Technician at Pixelogic Media where she oversees file delivery for Film & TV content. Prior to that she worked as a COVID-safety officer on film sets in Southern California.
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Stephisha Ycoy-Walton
OUTREACH PRODUCER
Stephisha is a dynamic leader blending expertise in education, finance, and community advocacy. As the Associate Producer for Sign My Name to Freedom, she drives impactful initiatives rooted in social justice and historical preservation. With over a decade of experience as a licensed investment advisor, she holds multiple state and federal licenses and serves on Oakland's Budget Advisory Commission, aiding families in establishing solid financial habits. A retired professional basketball player with a B.S. in Kinesiology from Cal Poly Pomona, she leverages her diverse background in her work. Stephisha is an openly LGBTQ advocate, married for over a decade, and resides in Oakland, CA. She champions quality education and resources through her roles with Education Justice Academy (EJA) as the Director of Recruitment, Families in Action for Quality Education as a volunteer organizer, and Education for Change Public Schools as a Board Director. Additionally, she empowers individuals through financial literacy workshops and advocates for broader social issues like gun violence prevention and LGBTQ+ rights, embodying hope and empowerment for underserved communities.
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Elizabeth ray
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Elizabeth started out with an interest in traditional animation, attending the CSSSA program at CalArts when she was in middle school, as their youngest attendee to that point. She then explored 3D digital animation before settling on film editing. She has a BFA in Motion Pictures & Television from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Since 2011 she has worked as a freelance filmmaker on various short-form projects and web series, and one feature documentary.
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Maya Curry
OUTREACH PRODUCER
Maya is a Producer/Videographer based in Oakland, California, with a diverse background in filmmaking, digital communications, journalism and storytelling. Maya has worked on a number of award-winning feature documentaries, including No Straight Lines (2021) as Outreach Coordinator, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (2018) as Associate Producer, Regarding Susan Sontag (2014), and Hidden Heart Film (2008) as Crowdfund Coordinator.
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KRYSTAL TINGLE
CONSULTING PRODUCER
Krystal Tingle is a Jamaican-American filmmaker living between Los Angeles and Miami. Tingle’s films reflect the rich complexities of Black women and explore the miracles that lie within the mundanity of life. Tingle’s short documentary, Over The Wall, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Short at BlackStar Film Festival.She is the Series Field Producer for the Emmy-nominated, The 1619 Project (HULU), the Director/Producer for Soledad O’Brian’s Disrupt & Dismantle on BET, and the Supervising Producer for The Queen Collective for Flavor Unit Entertainment and Tribeca Studios. Tingle is developing her feature documentary Oh Happy Day!, which has received early support from California Humanities, Women in Film and Video, and Docs in Progress. Her production company, Doctor Bird Studios, specializes in documentary films and non-fiction content with a passion for stories that center on the Caribbean diaspora. Her non-profit, Chapel Cinema, works to provide ancillary care and support for independent Black women filmmakers on-set, in the field, and at home.
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Jamie LeJeune
POST-PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Jamie LeJeune is an award winning cinematographer and colorist based in San Francisco, CA. He has overseen post-production or color-graded dozens of feature documentaries, television programs and commercials. He is known for The Book Makers (2020), A Year in Port (2016) and A Year in Burgundy (2013).
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SHANE CARTER
CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Shane Carter is program coordinator for ORIAS at UC Berkeley. ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies) offers programs for k-14 educators focused on international topics and global issues. Through her work at ORIAS, Shane also collaborates with other curriculum development initiatives at UC Berkeley, including the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project and other members of the UC Berkeley Professional Development Providers. Prior to her work at UC Berkeley, Shane was a high school history teacher.
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JAMES EDWARD MILLS
EDUCATION IMPACT ADVISOR
James Edward Mills is a National Geographic Explorer and a contributor to National Geographic Magazine, a Fellow of the Mountain & Wilderness Writing Program of the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada and a recipient of the Paul K. Petzoldt Award For Environmental Education.
As a freelance journalist and an independent media producer in a career that spans more than 20 years he specializes in sharing stories about outdoor recreation, environmental conservation, acts of charitable giving and practices of sustainable living.
He has worked in the outdoor industry since 1989 as a guide, outfitter, independent sales representative, writer, and photographer.
He is the author of the new book “The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors” and the co-writer/co-producer of the documentary film “An American Ascent”