Introducing the film team:

Vic Compher, Director and Co-Producer

Vic is a filmmaker, licensed clinical social worker, workshop trainer, and author.   His most recent film is “Portraits of Professional CAREgivers:  Their Passion. Their Pain.”which addresses secondary trauma and staff resiliency. The film has been broadcast widely on American Public Television, screened at many public and professional venues around the country, including various national and regional conferences, and many workshops. CAREgiversfilm was nominated for a regional Emmy for outstanding documentary in 2018www.caregiversfilm.com

Rodney Whittenberg

Rodney Whittenberg

Rodney Whittenberg, Co-Producer, Camera, Composer and Editor


Rodney is an Emmy Award winning modern “renaissance man.” His interests and professional endeavors are broad ranging from full-length film production to music composition. He is fascinated in discovering what makes things tick and how to creatively intersect with them, whether it is the inner vision of his clients or new ways to use the latest technical advances.

see: http://www.melodyvision.com/about_us.html

Rick Conor

Richard Connor, Assistant Editor

Rick Connor graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in 2015. Since then, he has worked at Wildfire Radio and Toxic Radio as an audio engineer and has started three of his own podcasts which continue today. Before graduating, Rick started working on the independent wrestling circuit as a videographer and post production specialist and has been doing so for the last 16 years.

 

Sheila Zagar
 
Amy Patrone
 

Sheila Zagar   Choreographer

Sheila has been working for over 40 years as a teacher, dancer and choreographer. She has toured, and been seen on television both nationally and internationally. Her work is about personal stories that empower individuals and build community. Zagar believes that the process of dance making is a safe place: to live dangerously, to gain an understanding of ourselves and the world around us, for surprises and revelations.

Amy Patrone: Animator

Amy Patrone graduated from Jefferson University in May of 2020 with a bachelor's degree in Animation and Digital Media. She has worked on the animation for films such as Finding Thoreau's Cape Cod and Code Name: Ayalon. Amy enjoys experimenting with different types of animation and effects, as well as combining them with varying artistic mediums."

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Rev. Edie Weinstein: PR and Outreach

Rev. Edie Weinstein is a colorfully creative journalist, psychotherapist, social worker, interfaith minister, author of The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming The Ordinary Into The Extraordinary, and engaging speaker. She has had the joy of interviewing such notables as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Marianne Williamson, don Miguel Ruiz, Shirley MacLaine, Ram Dass, Wayne Dyer, and Ben & Jerry. www.opti-mystical.com