Brett Story is a non-fiction filmmaker, writer and geographer based out of Toronto and New York. Her films have screened in theatres and festivals widely, including at CPH-DOX, SXSW, Sheffield Doc Fest, and many others. She is the director of the award-winning films The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016) and The Hottest August (2019), and author of the book Prison Land: Mapping Carceral Power Across Neoliberal America. Brett holds a PhD in human geography and her work has received support from the Sundance Institute and the Guggenheim Foundation. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto.

Danielle Varga is an independent nonfiction producer who has been working in nonfiction film for the past decade. She most recently co-produced The Stroll (Sundance 2023). She produced Todd Chandler's Bulletproof (SXSW 2020) and Brett Story's The Hottest August (True/False 2019) both of which are distributed by PBS-Independent Lens and Grasshopper Film. Varga co-produced the award-winning and Oscar shortlisted film Cameraperson (Sundance 2016), and has also produced episodic programs such as PBS's Art21 series. Varga was listed on DOC NYC’s inaugural list of “40 Under 40” filmmakers to watch, and was a Sundance Creative Producing Fellow.