Into the Black
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Kathleen Simmonds
Is an actress, filmmaker, reformed corporate lawyer. She holds an MFA in Acting and in 2017 Ellen Burstyn and Al Pacino inducted her as a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio. In 2018, she attended the 90th Oscars with a short doc on diversity in Hollywood. Her credits also include Line Producer, Associate Producer, and Casting Director on documentary features and miniseries for HBO, Amazon and Sundance/AMC. "Reversing Roe" (Netflix) was nominated for two 2019 Emmy Awards. "Woe Is She" (a comedy web-series which she produced and stars in) now streams in the US on ROKU. Kathleen has been a moderator, panelist and jury member at the Chelsea Film Festival and NYC WebFest. She is a current member of AFI | AACTA.
Jessica Damouni
Is an actress and writer. She was nominated for Best Actress for her work in the short film Choke directed by Rolla Selbak which premiered at Outfest in 2018. Her TV/Film credits include: God Friended Me (CBS), Crashing (HBO), the Oscar qualifying film Like Salt, Salam (Tribeca 2018) and most recently the feature film Inspektor Ike directed by Graham Mason (Maryland Film Festival 2020). Jessica wrote and performed on the sketch comedy group ToS Comedy, producing online content as well as performing at festivals around the US. She produced a workshop production of her play Our House in New York, which is now in further development. Jessica was a jury member at the 2020 New York World Film Festival.