Jade Sacker is a documentary photographer and filmmaker currently based in New York.

She comes from a Native American family on her mother's side, now culturally displaced from their land. Her father's family descends from Russia, where they fled from the pogroms at the outset of the 20th Century. Her family struggled to talk about the past and all they had lost. As she grew older, she recognized that without understanding and accountability, there is no clear way to move forward and no sense of resolution.

The unifying theme of her long-term projects is migration, telling stories of those who are displaced and those whose identity is challenged. Her work is guided by the belief that writing, photography, and filmmaking are powerful mediums to provoke thought and effect enduring positive change. Her projects are intended to advocate for a more just and tolerant world.

She is currently in post-production for her first feature-length documentary, A House Divided, produced by John Legend’s production company, Get Lifted.

Ariel Granat has excelled in the nonprofit world for over seven years. Having begun working for the UN as a Sophmore in college, Ariel was one of the youngest employees to serve as a Representative to the Economic and Social Council for six years, as well as heading UN internship programs, leading the charge on social media and the virtual voices series and integrating youth into the SDG discussion. Now she is one of the youngest Executive Directors in the nation to start a foundation from the ground up, The RSO Foundation, making it into a large-scale award-winning foundation that is a key player in animal welfare. Ariel also is an advisor for the first Web 3 philanthropic company to pair crypto with nonprofits.

I'm Neil Sacker, an attorney and executive with over three decades of experience at the intersection of law, entertainment, and business development. My journey in the legal and entertainment fields has been driven by a passion for storytelling, innovation, and strategic growth. I graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government and furthered my education at Yale Law School, earning my Juris Doctor. These formative years laid the foundation for my commitment to excellence, analytical rigor, ethical practice and building long-term business relationships.

Starting my career at Warner Bros. Studios in 1991, I honed my skills in negotiating and drafting critical agreements for a range of film productions. My time at Warner Bros. was instrumental in developing my understanding of the entertainment industry's legal and business principals and nuances. In 1995, I joined Miramax Films and Dimension Films as Executive Vice President and head of Business and Legal Affairs. At Miramax, I was pivotal in acquiring the rights to the Lord of the Rings franchise and worked on over 75 films, including Scream, Good Will Hunting, and the Academy Award winning The English Patient. Building on the legal foundation from Warner Bros., at Miramax I learned how to think “outside the box” strategically and solve problems constructively with counterparties.

Following Miramax, I was the Chief Operating Officer at the Yari Film Group, where my responsibilities expanded beyond business & legal affairs to also cover oversight of the development and production of the film slate including the Academy Award-winning Crash and The Illusionist. I continued with those responsibilities as President of The Film Department, where I was instrumental in producing notable films like Law Abiding Citizen.

Before founding Sacker Entertainment Law, PC (“SEL”), I served as an entertainment partner at top-tier law firms including Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. tion goes here

Education:  

- B.A. Cornell University  

- J.D. Yale Law School

Bar Admissions:  

- California  

- New York  

Carlos Valladares is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Gagosian Quarterly, the San Francisco Chronicle, and n+1. He studied film and literature at Stanford University and earned his Masters of Arts and Philosophy at Yale. He is currently at work on his first screenplay and a dissertation on the French director Jacques Demy. Alexander Nemerov, head of the Stanford art history department and author of the experimental novel The Forest and a best-selling biography on Helen Frankenthaler, called Valladares a “one-of-a-kind student” who, in his words, is “the most natural young scholar of film I have ever encountered in 25 years of undergraduate teaching at Yale and at Stanford.” He lives in New York.