Ripple of Hope

The film is produced and directed by Larry Shore, who grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was a junior high school student at the time of Robert Kennedy’s visit. He obtained his BA at the University of the Witwatersrand and was active in NUSAS and the Wilgerspruit Fellowship Center. He moved to the United States in 1973. He has an MA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Communications from Stanford University. He is a professor in the Film & Media Studies Department at Hunter College (CUNY) in New York. He has written and teaches about South Africa and America's special relationship with South Africa. He was active in the anti-apartheid movement in the USA in the 1980's and has been interviewed by a variety of media about South African issues. He was the first president of SAAO- the South African-American Organization and the director of the Hunter College/University of Cape Town Exchange Program.

The film is directed by Tami Gold who's award winning documentaries have been televised over PBS and HBO and have screened at many festivals and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival. She has lectured on panels at The Kennedy Center, the INPUT International Television Conference among others. Tami is a professor in the Film and Media Studies Department at Hunter College in New York.

Harry Kafka has been a professional editor for over 20 years. Starting out as a dubbing editor of feature films in London, he went on to become a commercial editor in NY for fifteen years. Most recently he has worked on documentaries encompassing subjects such as a mason's life in Djenne, Mali, the Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiongo, and recently a film on the African artist, El Anatsui.

Jason Moran composed the original soundtrack for the film and played the piano together with his band The Bandwagon. Jason has released seven albums the most recent of which is Artist in Residence. He was recently awarded the 2008 U.S. Artists Fellowship. He is also the recipient of other honors such as the 2005 Playboy Jazz Artist of the Year, 2005 Pianist and Small Ensemble of the Year awards by the Jazz Journalist's Association, and the 2002 Guinness Rising Star Award. He has recorded and performed with Cassandra Wilson, Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, Lee Konitz and countless others. Moran is currently working on commissions for the the '09 Monterrey Jazz Festival, a score for Alonzo King's Lines Ballet, and a scores to new video pieces by visual artists Kara Walker and Glenn Ligon.