Virginia Film Festival

Speakers

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  Nayna Agrawal

  Writer

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  Jon Batiste

  Composer/Recording Artist

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  Edward Belcher

  Actor

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  Chris Burke

  Director

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  Bruce Cohen

  Producer

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  Shaun Couture

  Composer

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  Amanda Cowen

  Moderator

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  Brad DeMarea

  Writer

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  Chad Dukes

  Actor

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  Ava DuVernay

  Director

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  Rachael Dyer

  Director

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  Michael Engler

  Executive Producer/Director

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  Kevin Jerome Everson

  Filmmaker

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  Scott Faris

  Director

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  Brayan Florian

  Actor

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  Michelle Gagliano

  Artist

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  Gina Gammell

  Director/Writer

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  Nikki Giovanni

  Poet/Writer

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  Andrea Goodman

  Panelist

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  Janet Graham Borba

  Panelist

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  John Lee Hancock

  Panelist

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  Matthew Heineman

  Director

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  Kazu Hiro

  Makeup Effects Artist

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  Allen Hooper

  Casting Director

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  Jai Jamison

  Panelist

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  Cord Jefferson

  Director

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  Mark Johnson

  Executive Producer

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  Riley Keough

  Director/Writer

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  Steven J. Kung

  Panelist

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  Russ Kunkel

  Musician

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  Rebe Malaret

  Panelist

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  Marley McDonald

  Director/Editor

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  Leland Melvin

  Executive Producer

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  Anita Modak-Truran

  Executive Producer

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  Dylan Narang

  Director/Producer/Writer

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  Shannon Nash

  Executive Producer

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  Nicole Newnham

  Director

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  Shelley Niro

  Director

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  Abel Okugawa

  Director

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  Beatrix Ost

  Artist

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  Matt Paul

  Producer

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  Alisa Payne

  Producer

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  Thomas Piper

  Director

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  Jim Plews-Ogan

  Panelist

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  Julia Pontecorvo

  Producer

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  Ricardo Preve

  Director

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  James Rowe

  Director

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  Scott Ruderman

  Director

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  Scot Safon

  Panelist

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  Bob Shaw

  Production Designer

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  Irma Shrivastava

  Panelist

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  Franklin Sioux Bob

  Writer

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  Ian Solomon

  Panelist

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  Denny Tedesco

  Director

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  Nicole Thorne Jenkins

  Panelist

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  Danny Wagner

  Director

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  Yasmin Williams

  Composer