Filmmaker
Evangeline Griego is a veteran independent filmmaker, director, and media activist making her
feature length Documentary directorial debut with the film, God Willing. Griego is currently in post production with the independent feature narrative, Sweet Old World, she produced this past summer, Dir. David Zeiger and is in development with the feature documentary Revolution & Kung Fu to be co-directed with Renee Tajima Pena.Previously, Griego produced Sir! No Sir! with David Zeiger which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. It went on to win the Hamptons International Film Festival, Jury Award for Best Documentary, the Vermont International Film Festival, Jury Award Best Film on War and Peace and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award.
She is the Producer, for the award-winning documentary Calavera Highway, directed by Renee Tajima-Peña, (Best Doc San Diego Film Festival and Best TV Documentary San Francisco International Film Festival) (PBS- P.O.V. 2008). Griego’s company About Time Productions, in association with Red Envelope Entertainment (Netflix) and 212Berlin Films produced the documentary Chevolution about the iconic image of Che Guevara it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. As Director she completed the Breathless in LA segment of the seven part environmental series, Sierra Club Chronicles (Sundance Channel) with Executive Producer Robert Greenwald.
With Griego in the Director’s chair, her company, About Time Productions, Previously completed works include the award winning Paño Arte: Images from Inside and the bilingual documentary, Border Visions/Visiones Fronterizos funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Both Paño Arte: Images from Inside and Border Visons/Visiones Fronterizos were broadcast on PBS.
Griego’s other documentary credits include. Segment Co-Producer for the acclaimed PBS series The New Americans (Kartemquin Films) (Winner of the 2004 IDA Limited Series Award, a HUGO Award, and Christopher Award) Line Producer, My Journey Home (WETA-PBS), Winner of the 2004 Cine Golden Eagle Award) and Supervising Producer, Art Works, ( J. Paul Getty Trust).
Ms. Griego is a founder of the Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles and is a member of the board of directors of NALIP, National Association of Latino Independent Producers
PANELIST:
“Stories from the Reel World: A Conversation with Industry Professionals”
FirstVision, Albuquerque, NM
April 27, 2007
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Los Angeles Independent Latino Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
October 8, 2007
MENTOR:
“Doing Your Doc: Diverse Visions, Regional Voices”
National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Albuquerque, NM
November 2007
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What I Learned About Cults While
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Directors Statement
Making God Willing was my educational journey to understand why my nephew and young people like him, abandoned their former lives and families to be in the Jim Roberts Group. I wanted to give voice to the parents’ loss and pain as well as convey the cult members’ deep conviction and genuine desire to live according to God’s wishes. My film provides no clear-cut answers, but does, I hope, give us space and cause to think about cults with fewer preconceived ideas drawn from sensationalized accounts. The Jim Roberts Group is one of many cults based in the US. At its peak it had over a hundred members and now has between 40-60 members. In the last 15 years a parents group has helped about 75 members leave the sect.
– EVANGELINE GRIEGO
Credits
Produced, Directed and Written by
EVANGELINE GRIEGO
Edited by
NATALIA ALMADA
MONIQUE ZAVISTOVSKI
Cinematography by
JONATHAN SCHELL
Music Composed by
MIRIAM CUTLER
Additional Music by
BRONWEN JONES
Titles and Graphic Design by
CHRIS KIRK/MINDBOMB FILMS, INC.
Editorial Consultants
KATE AMEND
SAM POLLARD
Co-Produced by
RENEE TAJIMA-PENA
Co-Produced by
LOUISE ROSEN
Sound Recording
CORD CALDERWOOD • TONY ALLEN
Additional Editing by
LISA LEEMAN • ONDINE RAREY • FIL RUTTING
Additional Cinematography by
EVANGELINE GRIEGO • JIM FETTERLEY • NEAL BROWN
JERRY HENRY • CYRIL KUHN • DAVID AUERBACH
Production Assistance
VANESSA MARIN • PAULA GRIEGO • ANGEL HERRERA
PARIS MARRON • SUYI BOOTH • SARAH HILDEBRANDT
Scholarly Consultants
RONALD N. LOOMIS • JOSEPH P. SZIMHART
Music Consultant
JOHANNA DEMETRAKAS
On Line Editing Color and Design by
BILL BRYN RUSSELL
Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer
JOE MILNER
Post Production Sound
PUGET SOUND
Foley Recorded at
POST CREATIONS: NICK NEUTRA, Foley Supervisor
KYLE BILLINGSLEY, Foley Mixer • JAMES BAILEY, Foley Artist
Editorial Assistance
ILIANA GUEVARA • ENNE MICHAEL • KASEY GLICKMAN • DUC NGUYEN
Post-Production Assistance
ADAM SCOTT • MOBALAJI OLAMBIU • DANIELLE ELLIOTT
Archival Material
JIM ROBERTS PARENTS GROUP NETWORK
ABC NEWS, PRIME TIME LIVE • WALLY
Legal
MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, DONALDSON & CALIFF
LISA CALIF, DONALDSON & CALIFF
Accounting
MATEO NAGASSI • MARISOL SERRANO
DOMINIC OTTERSBACH • ROBERT BEHAR
Transcription by
HYUNJIN JO – Jo Jo ROAD PRODUCTIONS
Additional Transcription by
VILMA CHAVEZ • SARAH HILDEBRANDT • JAIME MEYERS
Music Orchestrated and Produced By
BRONWEN JONES
Score Mixing Engineer
LES BROCKMANN
Chart Preparation
RIMA SNYDER
Strings
EUREKA ENSEMBLE
String Quartet
STEPHANIE BENNETT
Clarinet
MICKY SUMMERS
Piano
LOUIS DURRA
Flute
FLAUTA SEA
Bassoon
CHARLES LINTHICUM
Sincere Appreciation to . . .
MY FAMILY • KATHY & NARCISO GARCIA • DANIEL GARCIA
ANDRES GARCIA • SAMUEL GARCIA
JIM ROBERTS PARENT GROUP NETWORK
SANDI MUTENGA • TOM AND MARCIA MCDERMOTT
DIANNE FLOWERS • DAVE & TERI MEJIA • JOEL MEJIA
MELODY ANTONSON • MARCY LEE FREDERICKS • ANNA FLOWERS
PHIL & FRANCESCA HANEY • JIM & LUCHY GUERRA
KATHERINE CLEMONS • SEAN HERIGODT • ASHLEIGH COCHRAN
ROB GRAY • BECCA FEEHAN • DALE HAWKINS • TONJA N.LEWIS
CARRIE KARGEL • DON SHEPARD • JULIUS SHEPPARD
NICOLE ‘ADA IYAH SHEPPARD • NATHANIEL SHEPPARD
DAVID GERSTMANN
HAYNES & HENRIETTA JOHNSON • WILLIAM & DOLORES CARROLL
DAWN & HOWARD TODD • MARNIE THOMPSON • KYLE & MISTIE DOMEN
LARRY & JUDY WILCOX • CHERI BAKER • ROBERT & JUDITH GRAY
MICKEY & DOROTHY ROONEY • ROBERT & ALICE HEPNER
CAROL & BOB LENEWAY • ELI & EILEEN MAESTAS • JIM & PAT FOSTER
PAT BECK • LEA BECK • BERT & TERI SOBERS • CHRISTINE SOBERS
MILTON DICUS • KARAN TOWNSEND • LARRY TELLONE
BEN & LINDA OFSTEAD • WILLIAM & TONI MANSFIELD
JOE & ANN DIVERDI • TIM & CATHERINE FEEHAN • KATHLEEN FLYNN
JOSHUA WOOLLEY • CHARLYN SEEKELL • PAMELA SEEKELL
STU & KATHY HERIGODT • RUTH HERIGODT • MINDY GLOVER.
PHIL & UNDA LEWIS • JIM & CECILE SHEPPARD • CHRISTY MARLEY
TAMARA VINCENT
Special thanks to . . .
DENNIS BARTOK • TANIA BLANICH • PETER BRODERICK
RICK CARPENITO (VER) • MARIA AUGI-CARTER • CHAD DAVIS
DELTA PRODUCTIONS • MARLENE DERMER • DISPLACED FILMS
ARTHUR DONG • THE FORNEY FAMILY • CAROLE GIAMBALVO
CHRISTOPHER GRAY • XAN HOBBS • JUSTIN HOBBS
CHRISTINA IBARRA • INTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION
SHANNON KELLY • ADAM PARRISH KING • KARINLABBY & JOHN KING
JANJA LALICH • MICHAEL D. LANGONE, PH.D. • JESSE LERNER
BENI MATIAS • PAM MELANCON • JIMMY MENDIOLA • SAMUEL MEYERS
LINDSAY MOFFORD • SPENCER NAKASAKO • NALIP
PANGEA PRODUCTIONS, INC • DANA PETERSON
ANAYANSI PRADO • LOURDES PORTILLO • FAITH RADLE
MAY RIGLER • ALEX RIVERA • MARK ROGGEMAN • FERNANDA ROSSI
RICHARD SAIZ • STEAKHAUS PRODUCTIONS • OLIVE TALLEY • KIWI TART
KUNIKO OKUBO & THEODORE THOMAS • TRANG TRAN • JESUS TREVINO
TUCKER • ROSALINDA VALENCIA • LAURA VARELA • DAVID ZEIGER
GOD WILLING is A CO-PRODUCTION OF ABOUT TIME PRODUCTIONS
& THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS),
IN ASSOCIATION WITH LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING (LPB)
& KNME/NEW MEXICO PBS WITH FUNDING PROVIDED BY
THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB)