THE TROUBLE I SEE... a feature length documentary film
How does a family survive when they are forced apart?
Producer/ director/ cinematographer
Patrick Gregory Patrick is a native of Richmond, VA. He trained as a c i n e m a t o g r a p h e r a t Vi r g i n i a Commonwealth University’s film school. Early in his career, he worked as a lighting technician on Hollywood productions and as a cinematographer on numerous narrative, music video as well as non-fiction/ documentary projects. He has also produced and d i r e c t e d many s h o r t documentaries and music videos. He is the recipient of the 2012 Theresa Pollak Prize in the Arts for Filmmaking as well as grants from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1993, 2008). Patrick has a purposeful and philosophical approach to filmmaking and feels privileged to have access to the lives and worlds of a range of people. With every project he undertakes, his aim is to cultivate a pure intention and clear motivation.
Producer/ director
Sally O'Grady Sally O’Grady is a producer and director whose non-fiction films have appeared at festivals throughout Europe, Australia and the United States. Her work is concerned with illuminating social issues in a visually unique manner. She is the recipient of the ITVS short form open call grant for her series (along with Jennell Lewis), Good Blood (about menstrual equity). She was also recently awarded an ITVS/ Independent Lens stories for Justice grant for her short, Constance (about a republican DA with progressive practices). She has directed commercials/ branded content for Tito’s, US Bank, Goodnight Whiskey ASICS, Quick Loans and T-Mobile. As a producer, she has created content for National Geographic, History Channel, The Smithsonian, MSNBC, PBS and Discovery Channel.In a former life she was a health educator at Australia’s first ever Medically Supervised Injecting Center working with street based drug users and sex workers.
Writer/ editor
Sandra Guardado Sandra has worked as a documentary film editor and producer since 1995. She has worked on several PBS productions and has a critical eye for illuminating the emotional core of an issue driven story. With her main focus on editing, she edited and co-produced a POV documentary entitled Last Man Standing and was one of the editors for an Independent Lens documentary Writ Writer, on the prison civil rights movement in Texas. She has worked as editor on two acclaimed Austin public television series, State of Tomorrow and Downtown, both of which won Lone Star Emmys. She was editor on a Sundance Preserve-funded documentary entitled Fighting Goliath: The Texas Coal Wars (Sundance Channel, 2008). Sandra co-edited the documentary When I Rise (Independent Lens, 2011), which screened at SXSW Film Festival and Hot Docs, and was nominated for an IDA Documentary Award.
Illustrator
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Jaiquan Fayson Jaiquan Fayson is a visual artist born, raised, and based in Brooklyn, NY. While incarcerated and in solitary confinement as a young adult, Jaiquan used his ability to draw as a means of self-directed therapy and a tool for introspection. Seeking to break his cycle of recidivism, Jaiquan earned the Silas H Rhodes Scholarship for Artistic and Academic achievement before completing his BFA (2015) in Illustration at The School of Visual Arts. In 2023 he completed his Masters at the School of Visual Arts. He also received the Art 4 Justice grant, and he is a 2023 Right of Return Fellow. Jaiquan continues to explore art as a means of learning, expression, and communication.