There are currently four project advisors for “House Devil, Street Angel.” Each advisor specializes in a particular area, whether that be film & media or domestic violence prevention. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
Kelly Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Media studies at Hunter College (CUNY). She recently completed Never Enough, a documentary about clutter, collecting and Americans’ relationship with their material possessions, which won an award for Artistic Excellence at the Big Sky Documentary Festival. Her other work includes Every Mother’s Son (with Tami Gold), about three mothers whose children were killed by police and who became advocates for police reform, which won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and aired on P.O.V. Anderson and Gold also made Out At Work, which was at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO. Anderson is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Her latest film, My Brooklyn, is currently in post-production thanks to the $20,727 raised through the crowdsourced site Kickstarter. The film examines the impact of planning policy on downtown Brooklyn through the eyes of Anderson herself, local residents, business people and activists. Fivel Rothberg is the Associate Producer of the project.
Jennifer Gaboury, PhD is a professor in the Political Science Department of Hunter College. She is the Associate Director of the Department’s Women & Gender Studies Program. Her academic interests include fatherhood and masculinities studies.
Recently named one of the “10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2011” by Independent Magazine, Nancy Schwartzman’s work explores the intersection of sexuality, new media, and navigating partner communication about consent. She is the director and producer of the documentary films The Line (Media Education Foundation, 2009) and xoxosms (May 2011).
Schwartzman has worked in violence prevention for over a decade. She is the founder and Executive Director of The Line Campaign a 501 (c) 3 dedicated to empowering young leaders to end sexual violence using original media to inspire action. Drawing on her experience in the field, she is a much sought-after speaker, traveling extensively to colleges, community centers and non-profits in the Unites States and internationally, including at Yale, Brown, M.I.T. and 92d Street Y in Tribeca. Using media and workshop discussions, Schwartzman challenges thousands of students to “think twice” and to challenge normative behavior among college youth. Schwartzman opens up a dialogue about desire, consent and boundaries, advising student groups, faculty and administration on how to foster healthier communities.
Quentin Walcott is Director of CONNECT Inc’s Training Institute and the Community Empowerment Program. At CONNECT, a New York City based organization dedicated to ending family and gender violence, Quentin also spearheads the Male Anti-Violence initiatives, where he creatively develops educational and training programs to cultivate participation and leadership by men in the anti-violence movement. Recent projects include the Verizon Joint Labor Management Committee initiative, Men & Women as Allies, a collaborative project that includes CWA Cornell University’s ILR School, for Verizon management and craft from CWA Locals 1106 & 1108, which creates awareness on the connections between Domestic violence, Bullying and Workplace violence. As a convener of the newly created V-Day Men’s Committee, he developed a curriculum and training for young adult males that examined violence against women and girls at V-Day’s New York Stop the Violence Festival. Quentin and his team of anti-violence educators have launched new city-wide network and workshops for men called Men@Work, looking to transform men and women from bystanders to allies to activists against family and gender violence.