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      Andrew Berends on December 2

      Congrats! Great work!

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      Kara Bartelt on November 23, 2011

      Yeah! Congratulations!! Cannot wait to see this project actualize. Great job~

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      Diabetes 24-7 on November 23, 2011

      Hooray! Congratulations! Have high hopes for the islet sheet result. So thankful the journey will be documented. All the best to the documentary team and to the scientists, most especially to Scott.

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      sara nuss-galles on November 23, 2011

      congratulations on reaching the $30,000! great kickoff to a project to help get the word out.

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      Kenneth Craig / Kompass Health on November 22, 2011

      All the best in this meaningful and high impact project.

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      Diabetes Care Pharmacy on November 21, 2011

      Lisa, No one else I know can make this movie. I hope that our contribution Keeps your passion burning strong.. good Luck

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      Michelle Ngo on November 18, 2011

      Good Luck Lisa & Guy. Big hugs...wish I could give more, but I have faith you'll hit your goal.

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      Edward Hepner on November 14, 2011

      Raising awareness about this awful disease and presenting hope that research on a cure is getting closer is a story we have to hear. Your documentary fills a void.

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Lisa Hepner – Producer/Director

For the past 16 years, this Canadian-born journalist has produced a variety of films and programs for Sony Pictures Classics, HBO, A&E, PBS, Lifetime, Discovery, MTV, TLC and the CBC. Lisa has produced for many acclaimed directors including Jonathan Demme, Michael Apted, Julie Taymor, Lisa F. Jackson and Bobbie Birleffi. In 2003, she directed Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines that marked her documentary directorial debut. The film premiered at the UN in 2003, and aired on PBS in 2004. She has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 20 years.

Guy Mossman – Co-Director/Director of Photography

Guy's most recent work can be seen in the feature documentary Buck that won the 2011 Audience Award at Sundance. He co-DP’d Lisa F. Jackson’s most recent HBO documentary, Sex Crimes Unit. He profiled comic book artists in Morgan Spurlock's documentary Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope, which recently premiered in Toronto. And he hung out with Joan Rivers in Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg's release, Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work. His work has appeared on IFC, HBO, PBS, Sundance Channel, Discovery Channel, TLC, MTV, and the Versus Network.

Kristin Lesko - Producer

Kristin Lesko began her film career working with veteran filmmaker Stanley Nelson on a variety of films for PBS, including The Murder of Emmett Till, A Place of Our Own, Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice, and Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Jonestown was short-listed for a 2006 Documentary Feature Academy Award. In 2008, Kristin co-produced the Oscar Nominated and Emmy-winning documentary, Operation Homecoming: Writing the War Time Experience. Most recently, she was an archive producer on two Sundance documentaries, We Live in Public and Project Rebirth.

About Vox Pop Films

Lisa and Guy founded Vox Pop Films in New York City in 2008. Vox Pop specializes in turning unscripted storytelling into award-winning spots for TV and the web. Much of their work focuses on medical research and the health care industry. They moved to LA in 2009 because what did Neil Diamond say? "The feeling is 'lay back.'"

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