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Laura Hanna

Laura Hanna is a New York City based filmmaker. She directed “A Housing Urbanism Made Of Waste” (MOMA), “James,” a 30 minute clemency film for death row inmate James Roane, and “The Commons,” an animation for The New Press. In 2007/2008 she produced short films for Venice Biennial, The Nation, Art Review and collaborated with Slought Foundation to create a series of DVD’s with Werner Herzog, Vito Acconci, Simon Critchley and Alain Badiou. She has worked for such greats as Joe Berlinger, Derek Cianfrance, Steven M. Martin, Errol Morris, and Debra Eisenstadt. Her former experience as freelancer in all aspects of filmmaking for Edgeworx, Radical Media, Adria Petty Design, The Documentary Campaign, Outpost Digital, and Integrated Alchemy provides a dynamic skill set.

Astra Taylor

Astra Taylor is a writer and documentarian born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Athens, Georgia. She was named one of the 25 New Faces to Watch in independent cinema by Filmmaker Magazine in the summer of 2006. She co-directed “The Miracle Tree,” a short documentary about infant malnutrition in Senegal, and associate produced “Persons of Interest” (Sundance 2004), about the round up and detention of Muslims and Arabs in the aftermath of September 11th. Her first film, “Zizek!,” screened at festivals, in theaters, and on television around the world and was broadcast on the Sundance Channel. “Examined Life,” a series of excursions with contemporary thinkers, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008 before opening theatrically. A companion book is available from The New Press. Astra has also contributed to Monthly Review, Adbusters, Salon, Alternet, The Nation, Bomb Magazine and other outlets.