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NO SECRET ANYMORE
A Co-Production of Woman Vision and Moonforce Media

The Production Team

Joan E. Biren (JEB), Producer/Director/Writer, is an internationally recognized documentary artist whose video works include Women Organize!, and A Simple Matter of Justice. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, Schleisinger Library at Harvard University, and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. She is the founder and President of Moonforce Media, a non-profit educational media production company.

Dee Mosbacher, MD, PhD., Producer, is an Academy Award nominee. She has produced and directed multiple award winning films including: Straight from the Heart, All God's Children, and Out for a Change: Addressing Homophobia in Women's Sports. Her most recent film, Radical Harmonies, was voted "Best Documentary" at the 2002 International Frameline Film Festival.

Margie Adam, Associate Producer, is a singer-songwriter-pianist, whose song "We Shall Go Forth!" is archived in the Political History Division of the Smithsonian Institution. She is known for her elegant love songs and inspiring songs of conscience. For more than two decades, she has worked to define and expand Women's Music as an art form, industry and political force. She recently released Avalon, her eighth CD.

Jason Heffner, M.Ed., M.A., Associate Producer, is an international HIV/AIDS advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He has served as the deputy director of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), administrator of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), and co-director of the 1994 LGBT Cultural Festival in New York City.

Sophia Constantinou, Director of Photography, is an award-winning cinematographer whose recent credits include Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay, and Home Front. Her most recent documentary received a Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2001.

Kate Clinton, Narrator, is one of America's brightest political comedians and she is also an actress, panelist, and host. Kate has six comedy albums to her credit and has written for magazines, newspapers and tv shows. She is working on her second book. Kate's political material is fresh as the daily news; she delivers devastating send-ups of modern family relationships and illuminates life as a lesbian. FAQ # 7. Do you have any kids? Answer: None. That I know of.

Gary Westphalen, Editor, has won numerous awards recognizing his work in all aspects of documentary production. His credits include Normandy: the Great Crusade, 1994, winner of the George Foster Peabody award; and Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial, 1997, winner of the President's Emmy.

Claire Harding, Composer, toured with her rock band Stranger Than Pretty for several years before returning to school to study film scoring at the Berklee College of Music. Since then she has composed music for independent comedies, dramas and documentaries.

Courtenay Singer, M.P.H, Researcher, is a freelance filmmaker. In 2001, she co-produced Changing Room, which profiles two DC drag kings. A former international health specialist, she has worked on films such as Anthrax: Our Bodies Under Siege (National Geographic Television, 2001), and Frontline: Bigger than Enron (PBS, 2002)

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