Lead Team
Tamara Perkins
Director/Producer
Tamara is an independent filmmaker focused on documentaries that inspire dialogue and inform the public and policy makers. Combining creativity, service and activism, Tamara started the film production company Apple of Discord Productions, which showcases the talent of women and minorities through tough, yet poignant subjects. She has produced policy-based initiative and instructional DVDs and narrative and documentary films such as Niroga, a touching look into a program reaching hundreds of incarcerated youth through Yoga. Her clients include National Policy trendsetters Van Jones with Green for All and Junious Williams with Urban Strategies.
Tamara Perkins' background working with children, youth and adults dealing with trauma enabled her transition into working with the men in San Quentin. Tamara had been working with The Trust in San Quentin for a year when she was asked to help tell their story. She has been afforded extraordinary access through her relationships with the men of The Trust as well as the Warden and prison staff. Read Director's Statement
Jesse Dana
Cinematographer/Producer
Jesse Dana is an Emmy-nominated cinematographer with a decade of narrative and commercial experience. Jesse's interest in film began with the desire to affect positive social change through new media experiences. He has completed two features in the past year, including Stitch in Time with award-winning actor Richard Riehle (Office Space). Jesse completed his BA in filmmaking from San Francisco State University. To see more of Jesse's work visit his website at www.jessedana.com.
Diana J Brodie
Editor/Producer
Diana has two decades of experience as an editor including 10 years of freelance work on reality shows, corporate videos and feature documentaries, as well as editing for networks such as The History Channel, ESPN and National Geographic. To see more of Diana's work, visit her website at www.djbtv.net.
Simron Gill
Development Director & Associate Producer
Simron's interest in film was developed through both her love of photography and a deep-seeded interest in the power of media to highlight and inform social justice issues. She has been a driving force behind The Trust's diverse and innovative development and outreach strategy. Although Simron will be starting law school in the Fall, her efforts will continue to support The Trust.
Team
- Executive Producer/AOD CFO
- Jeanine Rodgers
- Consulting Producers
- Eugene Corr
- Laurel Ladevich
- Camera Operators
- Tamsin Orion
- David L. Brown
- Troy Willliams
- Mackenzie Mathis
- Assistant Editor
- Peter Matheny-Schuster
- Sound
- Lou Wiskes
- Andy Wiskes
- Research
- Lead, John Ely, PhD
- Assistant, Jill Rea-Dilling
- Communications
- Barbara Oldershaw, Community Engagement Consultant
- Dom Brassey, Social Media/Marketing Consultant
- Writing Consultants
- Gene Durnell
- Lisa Marie Rollins
- Interns
- Allie Duro
- Desiree Gonzales
- Kate Hunt
- Max Karon
- Fund Development
- Tony DiGiulio
- Kriz Bell
- Janet Smollett
- Cynthia Burnett
- Community Outreach
- Camisha Fatimah Gentry
- Web Designer
- Victor Andersen
- Anthropologist
- Carlos Bazua
- Photo Journalist
- Lee Kauftheil
- Music
- Moises Rodriguez Gil "Mano Negra"
- Temba Spirit
- Luke Thomas
- Zoo Street Music
