Meet the Team

Our team has over 25 years experience in film, fundraising, and nonprofit leadership. We’re excited to hear about your project and we’re looking forward to working with you!

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  • Tamlin Hall is a Humanitas Prize winning writer and a 2x Southeast Emmy® Award-winning producer. Tamlin’s work can be seen on PBS, Apple TV, Tubi TV, and Amazon. As a director, his projects have won top prizes at the Dances With Films, Atlanta Film Festival, Breck Film Festival, Orlando Film Festival and garnered a Georgia Film Critics Nomination. Hall received his MFA from the renowned UCLA School of Theatre, Film, & Television MFA Screenwriting Program. He has been a fellow for the National Association of Theatre Owners, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Program. Hall is a member of the Writers Guild of America and is director of the MFA Film, Television and Digital Media program at the University of Georgia.

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  • Dottie McDaniel is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, studying Theatre and Entertainment/Media. Originally from Vidalia, GA, Dottie previously worked with Reel Hope’s joint organization, Hope Givers, as a Teen Content Specialist and Student Producer in Season 2 of the Emmy-winning PBS Series “Hope Givers.” Now, she works as an executive assistant for Hope Givers, Connected Content, and Reel Hope. At UGA, she is a director, performer, producer, writer, and designer, creating content in both theatre and film.

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  • Babacar Ndiaye is a Chicago-born and Atlanta-based filmmaker and visual artist whose work covers many diverse platforms from commercial film to graphic novels. Babacar has worked on numerous projects for clients such as AMC, Adult Swim, and VH1, as well as music videos for Def Jam and Capitol Records. His award winning documentary, "More Than Music: Senegal," has been featured by NPR, Kickstarter and numerous other outlets. Babacar has a B.A. in International Affairs from UGA and an M.A. in Film, Television and Digital Production from Georgia State University. He is currently a Filmmaker in Residence at the Atlanta Film Festival/Atlanta Film Society.

Board of Directors

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    Dr. Nick Griffin

    CHAIR

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    Mickey Haywood

    CO-CHAIR

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    Dr. Sharon Hill

    PAST CHAIR

  • Josh Lee

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    Taremeredzwa Takudzwa Chirewa

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    Mike Angstad

    (Past-Chair)

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    Dr. Angela Hoskins

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    Kevin Human

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    Reed Coss

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    Njideka Okeke

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    Connected

    501(c)3

    Connected Content is our 501(c)3 created and founded by Tamlin Hall. Reel Hope is a nationally recognized fiscal sponsorship program of Connected. For more information please visit www.connectedcontent.org

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    Hope Givers

    Programming

    Revenue generated from Reel Hope goes directly into our free youth mental health resources, including our EMMY award winning PBS series “Hope Givers”. Find out more about Hope Givers here.

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    Association Services Group

    Accounting

    ASG heads the accounting department who processes and disperses funds to filmmakers.