Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore 2025

Shoshannah Stern is an actress, writer, producer, and director. She has appeared in Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural, Weeds, and was a series regular on Jericho. She created, wrote, executive produced, and starred in the critically acclaimed Sundance Now series, This Close, the first show to ever be created and written by Deaf people.

Robyn Kopp is a documentary producer based in San Francisco. Robyn produced Make a Splash (ESPN) and was associate producer for An Inconvenient Sequel (2017) and Audre & Daisy (2016). Her work has been screened at Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes, as well as on ESPN+ and Netflix. Robyn holds a MFA in Cinema from San Francisco State University.

Bonni Cohen has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed ATHLETE A, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and received four nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards. Previously, Bonni co-directed An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power which was selected to be the opening night film of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, short-listed for the 2018 Oscars and nominated for a 2018 BAFTA for Best Documentary. In 2016 Bonni co-directed the Peabody Award winning film AUDRIE & DAISY, which premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up as a Netflix Original film. In addition to her directing work, Bonni served as Producer on THE ISLAND PRESIDENT, winner of the 2011 Toronto International Best Documentary.  Her work as producer and director on The Rape of Europa earned her a PGA and WGA nomination and was short-listed for the Oscars. In addition, Bonni produced Jon Else’s Sundance film, Wonders Are Many and together with Else co-directed Inside Guantanamo, which was nominated for an Emmy for Best Documentary in 2009. Bonni also Executive Produced 3.5 Minutes and Art and Craft, both films were selected for the Oscar shortlist in 2015. Together with Lisa Chanoff, Bonni is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.

Justine Nagan is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary producer and creative media executive. She recently relocated to California and joined Actual Films as their Head of Production. She is looking forward to helping the company build on its strong legacy and integrating into the Bay Area film community.

Prior to this role Justine was the Executive Director of American Documentary, Inc., and an Executive Producer on its two signature series, POV (PBS) and America Reframed (World Channel.) During her tenure at the organization, AmDoc launched POV Shorts, created several Artist Emergency Funds, and showed continued excellence in its programming including several Oscar nominations, and Emmy, Peabody and DuPont wins.  Films showcased during her time at AmDoc include Through the Night, The Mole Agent, Softie, Last Men in Aleppo, Dark Money, Hooligan Sparrow and 93 Queen. Justine also executive produced POV’s first foray into episodic programming, And She Could Be Next.

Before AmDoc, Justine led Kartemquin Films as Executive Director for seven years, as well as being an Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer on films including Minding the Gap, Life Itself, The Interrupters, and The Trials of Muhammad Ali. Justine successfully transitioned to the ED role in a historic founder-led organization, and under her leadership the organization significantly expanded its programs to assist documentary filmmakers and saw unprecedented levels of production and financial growth. During her tenure over 20 projects had world premieres. With Kartemquin, she also directed Typeface, an award-winning documentary on American typography and graphic design.

Justine has a certificate in Non-Profit Management from Harvard Business School, and a Masters from the University of Chicago in the Humanities/Cinema and Media Studies. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the PGA and the Television Academy.