Brigitta has been working in film and television for 25 years starting as an associate producer in the midwest and then moving up as a unit manager, production manager and line producer in the DC metropolitan area. She’s adept at managing series, specials, and reversions for major networks such as Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and Scripps Networks in a variety of genres, including science, natural history, lifestyle, education, and travel. In addition, she’s managed the production of multimedia educational materials for students K-12 and training programs for government agencies such as the Bureau of Prisons.
Her strengths are creating budgets, tracking financials, including bookkeeping, adhering to the production schedules, creating and reviewing contracts (for crew, production-related vendors, and stock footage houses), securing various types of insurance for productions, handling shoot logistics domestically and internationally, and ensuring that all network deliverables are handed over on time and in good order.

KARLYNN WELLS, ASSOCIATE AND STORY PRODUCER

Karlynn is an imaginative Emmy-award-winning journalist and documentary producer with over seven years of experience in multi-media production and storytelling. She has a bachelor's degree in Journalism & Media Studies from Rutgers University and has a passion for producing engaging projects about history, race, culture and societal issues. Karlynn has worked with networks and non-profits to deliver purpose driven non-fiction film, TV and social media content according to schedule, budget and content standards.
Karlynn believes in the power of non-fiction filmmaking & video journalism and its ability to capture unfiltered truths and amplify diverse voices. She is excited to make a lasting impact through her work as a producer, and as an advocate for marginalized communities.

Francis is the Emmy-award winning showrunner of the PBS documentary “Italy Made With Love.” She has almost 20 years of experience working producer, director, and writer working in every phase of production for non-fiction TV, film, and digital media. Francis has a passion for working on projects about natural history, science, conservation, history, travel, BIPOC communities, and social justice issues.

Francis has partnered with several independent production companies and has grown a network of producers, cinematographers, sound recordists, editors and other crew that she can depend on. She has worked on projects that have appeared on National Geographic Channels, PBS, The Smithsonian Channel, Paramount, The Smithsonian Institute Museums, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, ESPN, Conde Nast, and independent docs that have screened at various festivals including Sundance and BAM.

Francis also enjoys volunteering her producing and photography skills for non-profits to incorporate visual storytelling for social justice advocacy.

ABOUT THE NAME: Altagracia is a name that four generations of Dominican women in Francis' family have shared. It means “high grace” and is usually associated with faith. What it has come to symbolize for Francis is the knowledge, passion, community, and strength of Black Latinas like the women in her family.