Jordan allotT
Project: The Missing Daughters of Syria
Jordan is a documentary filmmaker and founder of In Altum Productions (IAP), whose human rights work has been filmed in over 40 countries. His films explore religious freedom, political repression, and the lived experience of persecuted communities, with a regional emphasis on the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. His feature-length documentaries have screened at four European parliaments and major international film festivals, with distribution on platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Tubi and Voice of America.
Notable works include Oscar’s Cuba, chronicling Cuban dissident Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet; Our Last Stand, documenting the survival of Assyrian, Chaldean, and Syriac communities in Syria and Iraq; and Christians in the Mirror, examining the persecution and resilience of Christian communities across multiple countries. His latest feature, Cuba’s Eternal Night, premiered at the Miami International Film Festival in 2025 and recently screened for diplomatic staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. Recently, Jordan and IAP produced Together, a 13-episode series for the Voice of America’s Middle East Broadcast Networks highlighting American women in traditionally male-dominated professions.
Jordan has collaborated with organizations including the George W. Bush Institute, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the U.S. State Department. His work has been featured on Fox News, EWTN News, CNN International, and Univision, and his writing has appeared in Newsweek, National Review, and the Washington Examiner. In late 2025, he conducted field reporting on religious freedom in Nigeria and Syria—his fifth reporting trip to Syria since 2014.
The Missing Daughters of Syria
An investigation into the disappearance of Alawite women and girls gradually becomes a story about fear, silence, and the struggle to uncover truth in post-war Syria.
Notable works include Oscar’s Cuba, chronicling Cuban dissident Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet; Our Last Stand, documenting the survival of Assyrian, Chaldean, and Syriac communities in Syria and Iraq; and Christians in the Mirror, examining the persecution and resilience of Christian communities across multiple countries. His latest feature, Cuba’s Eternal Night, premiered at the Miami International Film Festival in 2025 and recently screened for diplomatic staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. Recently, Jordan and IAP produced Together, a 13-episode series for the Voice of America’s Middle East Broadcast Networks highlighting American women in traditionally male-dominated professions.
Jordan has collaborated with organizations including the George W. Bush Institute, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the U.S. State Department. His work has been featured on Fox News, EWTN News, CNN International, and Univision, and his writing has appeared in Newsweek, National Review, and the Washington Examiner. In late 2025, he conducted field reporting on religious freedom in Nigeria and Syria—his fifth reporting trip to Syria since 2014.
The Missing Daughters of Syria
An investigation into the disappearance of Alawite women and girls gradually becomes a story about fear, silence, and the struggle to uncover truth in post-war Syria.
Tràn Hoàng Calvin
Project: Don’t Rock the Boat
Trần is an independent director and producer from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in film and television production and has over a decade of industry experience with credits from ABC News, VICE Media, DECON-Mass Appeal, the Moving Picture Institute and Anonymous Content. Trần is the founder of NODEHAUS Media, an impact studio.
A bona fide documentary filmmaker, Tran’s directorial credits include CoinDesk’s “Rizqi Presents: BLOCKCHAIN” (Amazon Prime), the Moving Picture Institute’s “A Clean Slate” (Cleveland International, BronzeLens) and “Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up” (Black Bear, Idyllwild), LearnLiberty’s “Refuge: The Story of Viet Tran” and “Dead Malls: Explained,” and NODEHAUS’s originals “Arbitrary Lines: The Free Spirit of Caroline” (Better Cities Film Festival), “Forever Art,” and “An American Portrait.
Don’t Rock the Boat
Don’t Rock the Boat follows two stand-up comedians from opposite ends of the political spectrum—conservative Adam Yenser and progressive feminist Sally Ann Hall—who meet for the first time to perform a comedy show and then navigate the whitewater rapids of North Carolina’s Nantahala River together. Interweaving their pointed sets, candid interviews, and the literal challenge of steering a raft as a team, the film uses comedy and shared adventure to explore where American polarization comes from and whether people who fundamentally disagree can still find common ground. It’s a wry, disarming look at division that bets laughter and a shared boat might do what political debate can’t.
A bona fide documentary filmmaker, Tran’s directorial credits include CoinDesk’s “Rizqi Presents: BLOCKCHAIN” (Amazon Prime), the Moving Picture Institute’s “A Clean Slate” (Cleveland International, BronzeLens) and “Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up” (Black Bear, Idyllwild), LearnLiberty’s “Refuge: The Story of Viet Tran” and “Dead Malls: Explained,” and NODEHAUS’s originals “Arbitrary Lines: The Free Spirit of Caroline” (Better Cities Film Festival), “Forever Art,” and “An American Portrait.
Don’t Rock the Boat
Don’t Rock the Boat follows two stand-up comedians from opposite ends of the political spectrum—conservative Adam Yenser and progressive feminist Sally Ann Hall—who meet for the first time to perform a comedy show and then navigate the whitewater rapids of North Carolina’s Nantahala River together. Interweaving their pointed sets, candid interviews, and the literal challenge of steering a raft as a team, the film uses comedy and shared adventure to explore where American polarization comes from and whether people who fundamentally disagree can still find common ground. It’s a wry, disarming look at division that bets laughter and a shared boat might do what political debate can’t.
George goss
Project: Caesar Rodney Rides Again
George is a Washington, DC–based videographer and digital producer specializing in storytelling featuring politics, culture, and faith. He is the co-founder of ImageHerder, where he produces long-form interviews, live broadcasts, and multimedia projects for national policy organizations and cultural institutions. A graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (M.A.) and the School of Visual Arts (M.P.S. in Digital Photography), George brings over a decade of experience in visual journalism and digital production. His work has earned recognition from the Catholic Press Association, including First Place for Best Podcast.
A graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (M.A.) and the School of Visual Arts (M.P.S. in Digital Photography), George brings over a decade of experience in visual journalism and digital production. His work has earned recognition from the Catholic Press Association, including First Place for Best Podcast.
Ceasar Rodney Rides Again
As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, this film follows the return of a contested monument to Caesar Rodney—a founding father and slaveholder whose statue was removed from Wilmington and restored to public view through White House intervention—to a temporary exhibition in Washington’s Freedom Plaza. With rare access to the officials orchestrating the display and the voices of historians and critics who challenge Rodney’s place in public space, it explores how a nation chooses to remember its past. Against the capital’s monuments to permanence, the film reveals memory itself as something fragile and perpetually under construction.
A graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (M.A.) and the School of Visual Arts (M.P.S. in Digital Photography), George brings over a decade of experience in visual journalism and digital production. His work has earned recognition from the Catholic Press Association, including First Place for Best Podcast.
Ceasar Rodney Rides Again
As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, this film follows the return of a contested monument to Caesar Rodney—a founding father and slaveholder whose statue was removed from Wilmington and restored to public view through White House intervention—to a temporary exhibition in Washington’s Freedom Plaza. With rare access to the officials orchestrating the display and the voices of historians and critics who challenge Rodney’s place in public space, it explores how a nation chooses to remember its past. Against the capital’s monuments to permanence, the film reveals memory itself as something fragile and perpetually under construction.
Justin monticello
Project: Washed Away
Justin Monticello is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker who began his career as a travel and comedy writer, co-authoring the original Let’s Go: Rome guidebook and developing two comedy feature films with TMNT Productions at Paramount, before becoming a Senior Producer for Reason TV. He writes, directs, produces, shoots, edits, and often hosts short documentaries, interviews, and comedy videos that have earned more than 55 million views.
Monticello’s short films have gone viral numerous times, with several reaching the front page of Reddit and the top 5 on YouTube Trends. His work has been featured by ABC, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Funny or Die, The Hollywood Reporter, and many other publications, and he has been interviewed live on CNN and FOX News, among other TV and radio programs. He has been nominated for 4 LA Press Club Awards, winning twice (for Best Short Documentary and Best Non-Entertainment Interview), and is a 2-time finalist and winner of the Western Publishing Association Maggie Award.
Washed Away
Beneath the Las Vegas Strip, a hidden network of storm-drain tunnels shelters hundreds of homeless people, entire underground communities living in the path of the flash floods that tear through every year. This film goes inside the tunnels to investigate one of the deadliest floods in their history, a disaster that killed multiple residents and left others missing and uncounted, told through the people who survived it and the friends of those who didn’t. Asking how a lethal flood in a major American city could pass almost unnoticed—and why these floods keep happening—it turns an underground tragedy into a hard question about who a city chooses to see
Monticello’s short films have gone viral numerous times, with several reaching the front page of Reddit and the top 5 on YouTube Trends. His work has been featured by ABC, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Funny or Die, The Hollywood Reporter, and many other publications, and he has been interviewed live on CNN and FOX News, among other TV and radio programs. He has been nominated for 4 LA Press Club Awards, winning twice (for Best Short Documentary and Best Non-Entertainment Interview), and is a 2-time finalist and winner of the Western Publishing Association Maggie Award.
Washed Away
Beneath the Las Vegas Strip, a hidden network of storm-drain tunnels shelters hundreds of homeless people, entire underground communities living in the path of the flash floods that tear through every year. This film goes inside the tunnels to investigate one of the deadliest floods in their history, a disaster that killed multiple residents and left others missing and uncounted, told through the people who survived it and the friends of those who didn’t. Asking how a lethal flood in a major American city could pass almost unnoticed—and why these floods keep happening—it turns an underground tragedy into a hard question about who a city chooses to see