Stephen Sowers
DirectorStephen Sowers has worked in documentary film for the last 15 years. His credits include archival producing, associate producing, and research work on a range of historical and cultural projects including The Vietnam War for PBS, Saturdays in the South for ESPN, Turning Point: Generation 9/11 for Netflix, and Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association for Amazon Prime. His projects have covered major events of the 20th Century through modern day on topics ranging from the impact of sports on society, American Wars from WWII to present, and major figures including Billy Graham and Helen Keller. The short documentary film "Black Knights", about six Black West Point graduates and their enduring friendship in the shadow of the U.S. War on Terror, is his directorial debut. He lives in New York State with his wife Rebecca.
Rebecca Zuck
Producer Rebecca Zuck is a seasoned nonprofit manager who utilized her 15 years of experience building workplace excellence in mission driven organizations to produce her first film, "Black Knights". A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, she lives in NY’s Hudson Valley with her husband and filmmaking partner, Steve, and is the proud owner of a hand-me-down vinyl collection.
Jonah Velasco
Producer
Jonah Velasco has built a career in documentary film, with experience across research, production, producing, and archival licensing. She began as an intern on The Vietnam War and has since worked as a research and production associate on College Behind Bars and as an associate producer on Hemingway. With a background in fine arts and animation, she began exploring visual graphics through her work on The U.S. and the Holocaust, where she worked with still imagery, including restoration and cleanup. She continues to incorporate this work into her role on Crime and Punishment in America, alongside her contributions to production. She is currently bringing this range of experience to Central Park (2028).
Cat Harris
Editor 
Cat Harris is a documentary editor who got her start in post-production at New York City production companies such as Ark Media, HBO, Kunhardt Media, and Radical Media. Her early assistant editing credits include multiple Emmy-nominated films, the Sundance-premiering Oklahoma City, and the National Geographic series Mars, executive produced by Ron Howard. Later, she went on to work as an editor on Episode Three of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Hemingway. Cat’s short-form editing includes projects for Major League Baseball and the New-York Historical Society, as well as videos featured in The New York Times, PBS, and Time.
Ted Raviv
EditorTed Raviv has spent over a decade of his career at Ken Burns’ Florentine Films, where he worked as an editor on Muhammad Ali (Telluride), the Emmy-winning Jackie Robinson (Telluride), and as an associate editor on episode three of The Roosevelts, which won an ACE Eddie Award for “Best Edited Documentary (Television).” Ted’s other editing work includes the feature-length documentary and New York Times Critic’s Pick On Broadway (DOC NYC, Hamptons International) and the narrative short film In White (BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand). As an associate producer, he worked on the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary, 137 Shots, executive produced by Alex Gibney. Ted is also a Sundance Documentary Edit & Story Lab Contributing Editor fellowship alumnus.