Our Co-Directors

Kat Gorospe Cole is a Bay-Area based director and producer working in film and live performance. She has been an Associate Producer for a variety of filmmakers throughout the Bay Area, including Boots Riley’s Oakland-based series I’M A VIRGO (Amazon); and with Academy and Emmy award-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (STATE OF PRIDE; LINDA RONDSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE).

Kat has over 15 years of experience in nonprofit administration, working in development and production for CounterPulse, EyeZen Presents and Detour Productions, the latter of which she has Co-Directed for over 15 years. She is the receipient of an artist grant from the California Arts Council and is a graduate of the California College of the Arts’ graduate film program.  

Niema Jordan is a writer, speaker, professor, and an award-winning filmmaker from Oakland, CA. She is passionate about character-driven stories, harnessing the power of media for positive community impact, and ensuring that future generations have an opportunity to thrive.

Her work has been published in ESSENCE,  EBONY, and Glamour. Her documentary film "Oasis," which explores a struggling medical clinic's work with underserved populations battling Hepatitis C, earned her the Spike Lee Student Filmmaker Award at the Denver Film Festival in 2016. Her production credits include The Chosen Life, Bobby Kennedy for President, The Me You Can’t See, Eyes On The Prize: Hallowed Ground, and Bree Wayy: Promise, Witness, Remembrance.

She is an alumna of Northwestern University and UC Berkeley. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and serves on the board of Oakland Kids First.