The Producers

Lacey Schwartz is the CEO of Truth Aid. She is a director/producer and outreach strategist who has worked with a variety of production companies, organizations and networks, including MTV, BET, @radical.media, NASCAR and Be'chol Lashon. She also Executive Produced the narrative film DIFRET which won audience awards at the 2014 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. Lacey has a BA from Georgetown University and a JD from Harvard Law School. She is a member of the NYS Bar.

Mehret Mandefro is President of Truth Aid. She is a producer/ writer that draws on her experience as a physician and anthropologist to make films about the social determinants of health. She produced the film DIFRET which won audience awards at the 2014 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. Mehret received a BA & MD from Harvard University, and a MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as Fulbright Scholar. She was also a White House Fellow.

James Adolphus makes motion picture films about social, cultural and political issues of global relevance. A cinematography alumnus from the American Film Institute Conservatory and winner of their prestigious Fisher Fellow Award, Adolphus cut his teeth in television on Sundance Channel's provocative documentary series "Brick City", winner of a 2010 Peabody Award. Other cinematography credits include "Mother of Murder" for Lifetime Television, "Poisoned Passions" for Investigation Discovery Channel and "Second Coming" for BET.