About the Crew

Nancee Sobonya - Producer/Director/Writer is a filmmaker and was the Bereavement Coordinator at Pathways Hospice. She is a Grief Counselor/Educator and teaches at the graduate level at Starr King School of Ministry. She is also a minister of the Ridhwan School of Spiritual Development. Nancee has been working in the field of death and bereavement for 20 years. For the past 4 years, she has studied film at Film Arts Foundation in S.F. and has completed: The Gifts of Grief, an independent educational documentary and is currently working on An Introduction to the Diamond Approach for the Ridhwan School for Spiritual Development.

For film screenings, conference presentations, workshops, trainings or counseling please contact her at shininglight77@sbcglobal.net.

Interview with Art and Healing Network

Vicente Franco - Director of Photography has been working in film and television since 1982, as producer, director, cinematographer and editor. Vicente’s latest film Daughter from Danang won the 2002 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Grand Jury Prize and was nominated for an Academy Award. His other films include; CubaVa: The Challenge of the Next Generation, Freedom on My Mind, nominated for an Academy Award in 1993 and awarded Best film at the Sundance International Film Festival; the Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It, about Conscientious Objectors in the Second World War winner of Ojai Film Festival: and the Fight in the Fields: Caesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle. He also holds a Masters in film from SFSU. www.francoproductions.org

Robert C. Goss - Editor has been a video editor for the past twelve years. In addition to The Gifts of Grief his credits include The Color of Fear, parts I & II, and Last Chance for Eden, parts I & II. The Gifts of Grief has special meaning for Robert since he lost his father during the making of the film. Robert lives with his wife and daughter in Oakland, California. He can be contacted at BobKat@sbcglobal.net.

Ted Seymour - Editor is a visual artist, focused primarily on documentary film and photography. He is also the chairperson for a creative arts scholarship fund for at-risk youth in SF and has taught classes both in photography and video production with these youth. He can be reached at tedseymour@earthlink.net.

Photographic Imagery in the film provided by Ginny Felch: www.silverliningimages.com