You are cordially invited to an exclusive virtual sneak peek screening and Q&A for the documentary, One Person, One Vote? directed by award-winning filmmaker Maximina Juson, premiering this fall on PBS Independent Lens.
Host a screening of One Person, One Vote?
PLEASE JOIN US IN A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO EDUCATE OUR ELECTORATE!
It's critical we reach audiences beyond PBS such as young people and underserved communities to educate voters on how we elect our highest official. We can't do it without your help!
MEET THE CREW
MAXIMINA JUSON
Director | Producer | Cinematographer | Editor
Maximina Juson is founder of HUMovies, a film and video production company in Los Angeles. In addition to directing and producing One Person, One Vote?, Juson was a Consulting Producer for Mama Bears which premiered at SXSW 2022 and was nominated for the Grand Jury prize for Best Documentary Feature. She was producer for 2020 doc feature Harlem Rising and a 2021 National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipient.
DARESHA KYI
Producer
Daresha Kyi is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer. Her latest doc, Mama Bears, premiered at SXSW 2022 and has been in 100+ festivals. In 2018, Trans In America: Texas Strong, her short film directed for the ACLU won two Webbys and an Emmy. Her first feature documentary Chavela (2017) premiered at the Berlinale and was distributed in over 40 countries.
DALE & DON FRANZEN
Executive Producers
Dale Franzen has over 40 years experience in the creative arts industry as an Artistic Director, Tony-Award winning Producer, Educator, Public Speaker and Mentor. She is an 8-time Tony-Award winning Lead Producer on the 2019 Best Musical “Hadestown” on Broadway. Don Franzen is an Entertainment and Business Lawyer who represents leading figures in the music and recording industries. He is also the Legal Affairs Editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books and Adjunct Professor in the Music Industry Program at the Herb Alpert School of Music, UCLA.
CHRISTIE HERRING
Co-Producer | Consulting Editor
Christie Herring is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a strong interest in the mechanics and poetry of change. Her work as a Director includes The Campaign (PBS) following California’s battle over marriage equality and Singing for Justice, (post-production) a collaboration with historian Estelle Freedman about the late Faith Petric.
MICHAEL VARGAS
Cinematographer | Editor
Michael Vargas is an Emmy-Award nominated Director, Cinematographer, and Editor. In 2021, he co-directed and edited the documentary feature Con Safos, the season premiere episode for the PBS Series, Artbound. His body of work also includes content for global brands such as Apple and Nike.
MARTINA RADWAN
Cinematographer
Martina Radwan, an award-winning cinematographer of documentaries and narrative films. Her recent films include Sundance Grand Jury prize winner Boys State, The Final Year (a film about President Barack Obama’s final year in office) and Inventing Tomorrow.
PIERRE BENNU
Animation
Pierre Bennu is a an artist who works in animation, illustration, film, and multimedia performance. Drawing from graffiti, sampling, and griot traditions, he connects discarded technologies and cultural artifacts, weaving ancestral stories into ever-evolving future archaeology.
MARK BATSON
Composer
Mark Batson has worked on albums by artists including Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews Band, Eminem, India Arie, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Seal, Nas, and Sting. He’s composed for films and television including Dumb Money, I, Tonya, American Hustle, Sharp Objects, Spider-Man 2, and Power Book IV: Force.
PAUL FINKELMAN
Lead Historian
Dr. Paul Finkelman has published more than 50 books and hundreds of scholarly articles. His interests include slavery, race, civil rights, civil liberties, the United States Constitution, constitutional law and baseball. Finkelman was listed as one of the ten most-cited legal historians in Brian Leiter's survey of most-cited law professors by specialty from 2000 to 2014.
PLEASE JOIN US IN A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO EDUCATE OUR ELECTORATE!
It's critical we reach audiences beyond PBS such as young people and underserved communities to educate voters on how we elect our highest official. We can't do it without your help.
To make a tax-deductible donation through our fiscal sponsor email move@humovies.co
An in-depth look at the Electoral College, its slavery origins, and its impact on society today. The film features four dynamic electors from different parties offering insight into the inner workings of this often-misunderstood institution. A timely, nonpartisan film that will fill a stark information gap in American presidential elections.
- Year2024
- Runtime78 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- AwardsBest Documentary, Programmers Award, Pan African Film Festival
- Social Media
- DirectorMaximina Juson
- ProducerMaximina Juson, Daresha Kyi
- Executive ProducerDale & Don Franzen
- Co-ProducerChristie Herring
- FilmmakerMaximina Juson
- CinematographerMaximina Juson, Michael Vargas, Martina Radwan
- EditorMaximina Juson, Michael Vargas, Sari Gilman
- AnimatorPierre Bennu
- ComposerMark Batson
- Sound DesignBrian Berger
You are cordially invited to an exclusive virtual sneak peek screening and Q&A for the documentary, One Person, One Vote? directed by award-winning filmmaker Maximina Juson, premiering this fall on PBS Independent Lens.
Host a screening of One Person, One Vote?
PLEASE JOIN US IN A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO EDUCATE OUR ELECTORATE!
It's critical we reach audiences beyond PBS such as young people and underserved communities to educate voters on how we elect our highest official. We can't do it without your help!
MEET THE CREW
MAXIMINA JUSON
Director | Producer | Cinematographer | Editor
Maximina Juson is founder of HUMovies, a film and video production company in Los Angeles. In addition to directing and producing One Person, One Vote?, Juson was a Consulting Producer for Mama Bears which premiered at SXSW 2022 and was nominated for the Grand Jury prize for Best Documentary Feature. She was producer for 2020 doc feature Harlem Rising and a 2021 National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipient.
DARESHA KYI
Producer
Daresha Kyi is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer. Her latest doc, Mama Bears, premiered at SXSW 2022 and has been in 100+ festivals. In 2018, Trans In America: Texas Strong, her short film directed for the ACLU won two Webbys and an Emmy. Her first feature documentary Chavela (2017) premiered at the Berlinale and was distributed in over 40 countries.
DALE & DON FRANZEN
Executive Producers
Dale Franzen has over 40 years experience in the creative arts industry as an Artistic Director, Tony-Award winning Producer, Educator, Public Speaker and Mentor. She is an 8-time Tony-Award winning Lead Producer on the 2019 Best Musical “Hadestown” on Broadway. Don Franzen is an Entertainment and Business Lawyer who represents leading figures in the music and recording industries. He is also the Legal Affairs Editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books and Adjunct Professor in the Music Industry Program at the Herb Alpert School of Music, UCLA.
CHRISTIE HERRING
Co-Producer | Consulting Editor
Christie Herring is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a strong interest in the mechanics and poetry of change. Her work as a Director includes The Campaign (PBS) following California’s battle over marriage equality and Singing for Justice, (post-production) a collaboration with historian Estelle Freedman about the late Faith Petric.
MICHAEL VARGAS
Cinematographer | Editor
Michael Vargas is an Emmy-Award nominated Director, Cinematographer, and Editor. In 2021, he co-directed and edited the documentary feature Con Safos, the season premiere episode for the PBS Series, Artbound. His body of work also includes content for global brands such as Apple and Nike.
MARTINA RADWAN
Cinematographer
Martina Radwan, an award-winning cinematographer of documentaries and narrative films. Her recent films include Sundance Grand Jury prize winner Boys State, The Final Year (a film about President Barack Obama’s final year in office) and Inventing Tomorrow.
PIERRE BENNU
Animation
Pierre Bennu is a an artist who works in animation, illustration, film, and multimedia performance. Drawing from graffiti, sampling, and griot traditions, he connects discarded technologies and cultural artifacts, weaving ancestral stories into ever-evolving future archaeology.
MARK BATSON
Composer
Mark Batson has worked on albums by artists including Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews Band, Eminem, India Arie, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Seal, Nas, and Sting. He’s composed for films and television including Dumb Money, I, Tonya, American Hustle, Sharp Objects, Spider-Man 2, and Power Book IV: Force.
PAUL FINKELMAN
Lead Historian
Dr. Paul Finkelman has published more than 50 books and hundreds of scholarly articles. His interests include slavery, race, civil rights, civil liberties, the United States Constitution, constitutional law and baseball. Finkelman was listed as one of the ten most-cited legal historians in Brian Leiter's survey of most-cited law professors by specialty from 2000 to 2014.
PLEASE JOIN US IN A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO EDUCATE OUR ELECTORATE!
It's critical we reach audiences beyond PBS such as young people and underserved communities to educate voters on how we elect our highest official. We can't do it without your help.
To make a tax-deductible donation through our fiscal sponsor email move@humovies.co
An in-depth look at the Electoral College, its slavery origins, and its impact on society today. The film features four dynamic electors from different parties offering insight into the inner workings of this often-misunderstood institution. A timely, nonpartisan film that will fill a stark information gap in American presidential elections.
- Year2024
- Runtime78 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreDocumentary
- AwardsBest Documentary, Programmers Award, Pan African Film Festival
- Social Media
- DirectorMaximina Juson
- ProducerMaximina Juson, Daresha Kyi
- Executive ProducerDale & Don Franzen
- Co-ProducerChristie Herring
- FilmmakerMaximina Juson
- CinematographerMaximina Juson, Michael Vargas, Martina Radwan
- EditorMaximina Juson, Michael Vargas, Sari Gilman
- AnimatorPierre Bennu
- ComposerMark Batson
- Sound DesignBrian Berger