AS A WRITER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR AT E!, FRANCINE CREATED MANY BEHIND THE SCENES ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS, WORKED ON SEVERAL HIGH-END DESIGN SHOWS FOR HGTV, GAINED TEN POUNDS PROFILING EXOTIC RESTAURANTS FOR THE FOOD NETWORK AND LEARNED THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS A “SLACKER” WHILE PRODUCING SHOWS FOR THE HISTORY CHANNEL. HER INTERVIEW SUBJECTS HAVE INCLUDED A DIVERSE CAST OF CHARACTERS RANGING FROM ’80S MISTRESS OF THE DARK, ELVIRA TO BROOKE SHIELDS TO SPACEX/TESLA FOUNDER ELON MUSK. DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT STORY, FRANCINE HAS CREATED CONTENT FOR, THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN WOMEN IN POLITICS AS WELL AS A GROUND BREAKING ON-LINE COURSE FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING INFERTILITY. HER WRITING HAS FOUND IT’S WAY INTO SHONDA RHIMES' SHONDALAND, LENA DUNHAM’S LENNY LETTER AND THE KING CENTER’S INAUGURAL SOCIAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA MAGAZINE. POLITICS IS A MOTHER, RAISING HELL IS PART OF THE JOB, IS HER FIRST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY.

Benjamin Clapp is a cinematographer and composer currently based in New Jersey. He studied broadcast television production and cinematography at Rutgers University and has been documenting interviews, events, and narratives of American politics as cinematographer and editor for the Eagleton Institute of Politics since 2009. Clapp’s recent creative work includes directing the Dark Wheeze music video for Toy Zoo – an official selection of the Austin Spotlight Film Festival and his original music score is featured in the Dirt Hills Productions short film Get in the Truck – an official selection of the Green Bay Film Festival, Milwaukee Short Film Festival, and Door Kinetic Arts Festival.

Gail Yasunaga is a veteran editor of feature films, television specials and documentaries screened in such festivals as Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Portland, Taos and streaming on Amazon Prime. From dramatic thrillers to the feature documentaries of Rosanna Arquette, to comedy by Tommy Chong, Gail has extensive experience in both narrative and documentary films, giving her a keen sense of story, performance and structure. The feature documentary, Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker was nominated for an Academy Award. Gail is a graduate of the UCLA Film School and has taught Advanced Editing for the New Mexico Film Intensive at Santa Fe

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Jon holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University. Currently, he is the Chief Financial Officer for Reason Foundation, an LA-based public policy think-tank. Before joining Reason in 2007, Jon worked as operations manager for Propaganda Films, which produced a number of blockbusters, including The Game, Being John Malkovich, and many others.

Composer collective Transcenders have determined the rhythm of numerous blockbuster television series and films with diverse and dynamic scores. The multi-ethnic Los Angeles-based trio—Brian Lapin, Terence Yoshiaki, and Mike Fratantuno—have elevated the atmosphere of EMMY® Award-winning staples such as Black-Ish and culture phenomena a la Gossip Girl through leveraging an inimitable chemistry and writing style. Their ability to leap past genre lines affirms their status as one of the most sought-after and trusted sources of film and television music in the industry.

Douglas O’Connor has been working in documentary production for over three decades. He has worked with most major networks, as well as PBS, HBO, Discovery, TLC, Disney, VH1 and on many independent documentary features. Working as both editor and post-production supervisor, Doug has extensive experience in both the art and craft of documentary filmmaking.