Faith E. Briggs is a documentary director, creative producer, and podcast host passionate about sharing contemporary stories that widen the spectrum of representation and help us all see our own possibilities. Her previous work includes Brotherhood of Skiing, This Land, Ascend: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors, and the four-part series Who Is A Runner. She is the co-host of The Trail Ahead podcast, a Jackson Wild Media Lab Fellow, and a grant recipient of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Western Conservation Hub.

Faith is also a frequent collaborator with Camp4 Collective and recently founded her own production company, Tight Knit. Faith is a member of the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society and the REDI advisory council at REI.

Born in Lebanon, Sara T. Gama is an American of Arab heritage who has lived in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. After stints as a DJ in the alternative music scene and an assistant manager at a punk rock clothing boutique, Sara graduated magna cum laude from American University with a bachelor of arts in film and visual media and a minor in art history. She also earned a postgraduate diploma in 16mm and 35mm filmmaking from the London Film School, and a master of arts in film and video from American University.

Sara’s thesis film Drive is about a Muslim-American teenage punk, and has screened at film festivals in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Rome, and Amsterdam. In addition to being a screenwriter and filmmaker, Sara writes poetry and is a fine arts photographer.

Jen Randall is a director and editor who aims to empower, entertain, and challenge viewers with intricately woven, emotive narratives and a quiet sense of fun. Her work has been awarded more than 40 major prizes at international mountain film festivals, been sold for broadcast, gained large online followings, and has been distributed across international cinemas.

She often quests into the wilds on adventures inspired by her subjects, from long-distance walks to big walls.

Amy Bench is a Texas-based filmmaker and visual artist who tells stories of community and resilience and is dedicated to serving as a conduit for marginalized voices. Trained as a cinematographer, Amy’s camera work has screened at festivals including Berlin, SXSW, Sundance, The New York Film Festival, and MOMA/PS1; in 2016 she was named a “DP on the Rise” by Paste magazine.

She was the cinematographer on Trans in America: Texas Strong, which won an Emmy for Best Original Short Documentary in 2019 and two Webby Awards. Amy’s animated documentary A Line Birds Cannot See won Special Jury Recognition at SXSW and is now available at the New Yorker, where it won the 2020 Ellie Award (video) for excellence in digital magazine journalism. She is a member of the art collective ICOSA and is a strong advocate for women behind and in front of the lens.

Samantha Sanders has written, produced, and directed documentary programs for networks including National Geographic, the History Channel, MSNBC, A&E, and PBS. She directed Emmy-winning short documentaries including Purpose Over Pain, centered around families who have lost children to gun violence.

Along with her husband, editor John Farbrother, Samantha founded and runs Green River Films, an Emmy-award-winning Chicago-based production company. Samantha teaches film at Columbia College Chicago, where she received an MFA in filmmaking, and at DePaul University. She is a passionate landscape photographer, whose love of shooting Lake Michigan drew her to this project.