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• documentary subject: Tamara Johnston | bio

  Tamara Johnston is a founding partner of Anti-Body, LLC, a skincare company that supports women in Togo, Africa, by purchasing fair trade and promoting fair trading practices. She is active in and a spokesperson for the growing international movement of fair trade.

  Johnston joined the producing team of Burning Heart Films in 2004 where, with principal Lauralee Farrer, she is a producer of film projects such as the award-winning documentary "Laundry and Tosca" (2004), the feature length documentary "The Fair Trade"—of which Johnston is also the subject (2007); and the narrative feature "Praying The Hours" (2008). Her history in relationship with Farrer extends back over fifteen years and includes various theater, film, print, and other media pairings with socially conscious endeavors. Her experience in filmmaking includes assistant to ImageMovers producing partner Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey on "Matchstick Men," "The Polar Express," "Monster House," "Last Holiday," and "Beowulf."

Crew

• Director: Lauralee Farrer | bio

  Lauralee Farrer has been a writer, director, and/or producer for over thirty years. She is the principal filmmaker of Burning Heart film production company, and writer/director of the award-winning documentary "Laundry and Tosca." Currently director/Producer of the feature-length documentary "The Fair Trade," Farrer was coproducer of the feature film "The Best Man in Grass Creek," also an award-winning film. Burning Heart is currently in preproduction with a dramatic full-length feature entitled "Praying the Hours."

  Farrer's early freelance work as a writer/producer for humanitarian organizations took her to Spain when Franco died, to Kenya during the droughts of 1981 and 1991, to Somalia when the war broke out, and to Uganda to write about early outbreaks of AIDS and the plight of its orphans. She wrote of the Sisters of Charity in Ethiopia, was in Moscow when the 1991 coup took place, and when Leningrad became St. Petersburg again. She was in East Germany before and after the wall went down, in Mexico City to write about cultures of poverty, and in U.S. cities like Philadelphia, Houston, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Boston to write about American life. This is the material from which her directing and screenwriting voice emerges.

• Producer: Grace Oh | bio

  Grace Oh's experience in production began with work on multiple student films and evolved into working in television for cable networks such as MTV, VH1, and The Disney Channel. Her expertise in production and acquisition were just a few of the reasons for her recruitment to Shim Films Inc. in 2000.

  At Shim Films, Oh produced multiple key projects, eventually being promoted to senior producer to oversee all incoming projects. She has worked on campaigns for The Learning Channel, E! Entertainment, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Kingworld Productions, Hollywood Squares, and Bloomberg Television, among others. She has been a speaker at PromaxBDA in Amsterdam, Singapore, Miami, and Los Angeles, representing Shim Films globally. Grace's last script, which she wrote and developed with Shim Films, was accepted to the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival Director's All Access program.

  Most recently, Grace worked at MTVN in Strategic Resources providing managerial support for most of the productions out of the west coast. Since leaving her last corporate position, Grace is collaborating with video artist, Gregory King, on a script set in New York City post 9/11. She is also developing a non-profit production company that explores topics promoting dialogue in communities.

  Grace first began working with Burning Heart productions on the feature narrative Praying The Hours in production design, and has since joined the producing team. She is currently a producer on the documentary feature, The Fair Trade.

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