Production Team

Rhonda, is an executive producer/co-producer, director and writer for the award-winning  documentary  film "Bringin' In Da Spirit."  She has garnered nearly 30 years of experience in the technical aspects of film and television production. She has worked behind the scenes on productions, such as The Cosby Show, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, MTV, the John McEnroe Talk Show for CNBC as well as independent features and short films.    Her work has taken her as far as West Africa, Senegal, and northern India as a Director of Photography for several documentary films. Currently, she is working on her next documentary film, "Let The Eagle Scream: The Lynching Tree in America," in addition to working as a camera operator at Fox News Channel.    Ms. Haynes earned her Bachelor of Science, at Western Michigan University and completed graduate studies in Cinematography at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, CA.   She has also received Logan Fellowship at the Carey Institute of Global Good in Rensselaerville, NY,  2019.

Nia, is co-producer on “Let The Eagle Scream” and director of Meet Me In Okemah-Chapters, a choreographic collection of lynching memoirs. She also served as Associate Producer of the awards winning Documentary film, “Bringin’ in Da Spirit.” Her responsibilities were interviewing all the talent in the film as well helping with the pre-production and production. You can also see her phenomenal dancing in the film, she is known as the “Spirit”.    She is a Fulbright Fellow where she did her research on traditional court dance and taught at the University of Ghana as well as several universities in the U.S. Ms. Love went to Howard University, earning a BS and BFA in 1987. Love received numerous awards before gaining admission to the graduate program in Dance at Florida State University. She earned her MFA there, graduating with honors and distinction for her academic and artistic excellence.  

King, Researcher-Writer, brings vast experience in policy analysis. He is director of the Human Rights-Racial Justice Center. H2RJ researches and advocates in the criminal justice arena. Programs include the Sean Bell Justice Project. Created by the family of the police-shooting victim, the Project advances his memory by engaging community members, especially youth, in advocacy and recreation. Prior to joining H2RJ,  King was national coordinator of the Campaign Against Racial Profiling of the American Civil Liberties Union, which worked to end racial profiling and other abusive police practices through research, education and outreach, advocacy, legislation and litigation support. He holds a B.A. in Government with a minor in Communications from Harvard University and a law degree from Rutgers University.

  Kim, Editor, began her film career working on documentaries for National Geographic, and HBO. Her experience included the critically acclaimed “Still, The Children Are Here” produced by Mira Nair; HBO’s Emmy nominated “Half Past Autumn, The Life and Works of Gordon Parks” produced by St. Clair Bourne; "Sidewalk" a documentary based on Mitchell Duneier's book, directed by Academy Award nominee, Barry Alexander Brown; Black Starz “Hughes Dream Harlem”, PBS “Brick by Brick”; Discovery Channel’s environmentally charged documentary, “Return to Penguin City”. Recently she finished the critically acclaimed “Visitor’s” which was the last Executive Produced film by her mentor St. Clair Bourne.    Her thirst for storytelling expanded into the feature film world working with notable directors and producers, including Steven Soderbergh and Spike Lee. With Spike Lee, she collaborated on the Peabody Award winning “A Huey P. Newton Story”, “Miracle’s Boys”, and the soon to be released crime thriller, “You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You”.  

Orion, DP for Let The Eagle Scream!.  He  is an award-winning performing artist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Orion is the CEO of an independent media production company, Rah Productions LLC, which he started in 2007.  His work as a director of photography has been featured on the PBS network, BET network, and the Emmy awards, and also includes documentaries, independent films and nationally syndicated commercials. In addition to his work as a director and cinematographer, he works as a location sound engineer and sound supervisor for film and television, and has a background in radio production.