Sean Bobbitt found the script for Judas and the Black Messiah gripping and incredibly relevant to today's ongoing issues of racial inequality. He realized he knew little about the Black Panthers and this chapter of racial injustice in America, and he needed to help tell the story. Together, Sean and director Shaka King began to explore what they wanted to visually create.

Lachlan Milne's big breakout movie was Hunt for the Wilderpeople with director Taika Waititi. Lachlan soon found a niche on challenging but fun supernatural movies and then began work on the hit series, Stranger Things. On his latest film, Minari, Lachlan feels that having a low budget actually works to its advantage, because the movie relies more on capturing the performances rather than big showy shots.

For many years, Barry Alexander Brown labored over bringing his film, Son of the South to the big screen. Growing up in Alabama, Barry was familiar with civil rights activist Bob Zellner, and he knew he wanted to make a movie about Zellner's life. Barry hopes Son of the South inspires people to continue to fight for civil rights.