A Programmer/Organizer of the Peekskill Film Festival., Carol’s "day job" is serving as the Program Coordinator for Black Public Media, a non-profit organization that funds the work of filmmakers of the African Diaspora for public television. Her feature documentary, Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band, on this renowned yet unsung jazz genius, is currently available on Showtime and was broadcast nationally on public television in 2015.

Jason A. Coombs is a New York City-based writer, actor, and filmmaker. As a performer he has appeared in dozens of films, television shows and web series including "SNL" (NBC) , "Mr. Robot" (USA Network), and “Pretenders” (SSS Entertainment), among others. As a writer, his television pilot, "Chasers", was a semifinalist at the 2017 ITV Festival and made it to the second round of the 2018 Macro Lab Screenwriting contest sponsored by The Blacklist and Lena Waithe. In March 2021, he was chosen as the winner of the Coverfly Roadmap’s Diversity Initiative. He's produced a handful of award-winning short films that have premiered in over two dozen festivals worldwide including the Chelsea Film Festival.

Most recently Jason was an Archival Associate Producer on the six-episode docuseries, "Harry and Meghan" which is currently streaming on Netflix. He is also the Founder and the Artistic Director of the Bridgeport Film Fest and co-hosts the podcast, "Survival Jobs" in collaboration with Broadway World.

Larry is a member of the NFF Leadership Team. He is a multi-award-winning producer/director whose films have screened at major film festivals worldwide, including the Toronto International Film Festival,, (IDFA) International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Slamdance, (SXSW) South By Southwest, DOC NYC, Cinequest, Doc N Roll UK and many others.

THE HERALD, a short made with his son Trevor, won the 2022 International Mobile Journalism Award for Best Documentary.

Larry’s new feature documentary, Heaven Stood Still,: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille ,started a 10 city, 7 country tour in Europe on January 17, 2023, and will have its US premiere in Nw York City later this year.

Award winning filmmaker and Emmy-nominated animator Sherene Strausberg's latest project, the short, animated film “Cool For You”, has been accepted to over 35 film festivals around the world and won the Jury Award for Youth Films at the Cineglobe Film Festival in Geneva, Switzerland, and an Audience Choice Award at YoFiFest.