Nancy Kates
Producer-Director
Nancy Kates is the director of the award-winning documentary, Their Own Vietnam, a portrait of American women who served in Vietnam. She also served as associate producer of the Discovery Channel's Mystery of the Last Tzar and as producer of the PBS series, Computer Chronicles. She is a graduate of the Stanford University documentary program and resides in Berkeley, CA.
Bennett Singer
Producer-Director
Bennett Singer, a New York-based filmmaker and book editor, has served as producer or associate producer of a number of acclaimed PBS series, including
Eyes On The Prize II, With God On Our Side, and
The Question of Equality. He is executive editor of TIME Magazine's education program; editor of
42 Up, the companion book to Michael Apted's famed documentary series; and co-author of
The Student Body, a novel of suspense published by Random House.
Sam Pollard
Executive Producer
Sam Pollard's documentary and feature film accomplishments span nearly 30 years. He was a producer for Blackside, Inc.'s
Eyes On The Prize II, for which he won an Emmy Award, and co-executive producer for Blackside's six-part series
I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African American Art. His producing credits include Spike Lee's Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated
Four Little Girls; his editing credits include the feature films
Clockers,
Iron Mike,
Mo' Better Blues,
Jungle Fever, and
Girl 6.
