About Us

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Tracy Rector is a mixed-heritage filmmaker, curator, impact producer, educator, and arts leader whose work centers Indigenous, Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ communities through storytelling rooted in justice, reciprocity, and collective care. Over the past three decades, she has directed, produced, mentored, or supported more than 500 films spanning documentary, experimental, and immersive media. Her work has screened internationally at leading festivals including Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, and imagineNATIVE, and has been featured on PBS, National Geographic, and Independent Lens.

Tracy is the founder and co-director of 4th World Media, where she mentors emerging plus mid-career filmmakers, develops impact campaigns, and builds pathways for historically underrepresented storytellers to thrive. Her practice extends beyond filmmaking to include curatorial projects, immersive exhibitions, community organizing, and narrative strategy that advances cultural equity and social change.

A respected leader in the field, Tracy serves on the boards of Working Films, Multitude Films, the BLIS Collective, and the Harvard Shorenstein Center's Documentary Film in the Public Interest initiative. She is also a former Seattle Arts Commissioner of 8 years. Across every aspect of her work, Tracy is committed to narrative sovereignty and to fostering creative ecosystems where storytelling strengthens community, inspires action, and helps imagine more just, compassionate, and liberated futures.

Stina Thomas Hamlin, a 6th-generation Texan of Indigenous and European descent, is a post-production supervisor and award-winning director of immersive media based in New York City (Lenapehoking). An early maker of Extended Reality (XR), her projects earned awards and funding from Samsung and Google as she broke ground in the field. Over the past 25 years, she has delivered hundreds of projects for film, television, and streaming platforms. She is most inspired when working with creative teams committed to justice, liberation, and care for the Earth.

Jonah is a trans filmmaker of European descent, with experience in production, distribution, and education. He managed print traffic for the Emmy- and IDA award-nominated series Reciprocity Project, which screened at festivals around the world and on PBS. As director of photography, Jonah worked on the award-winning documentary Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action and its 2024 follow-up feature on anti-bias parenting. He has served on the screening committee for Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival and collaborated with numerous film festivals during his time at Northwest Film Forum, where he led education and artist services programs. 

Chris (he/him/they/them) is a Colorado-born Black creative and educator now living on Suquamish and Duwamish lands in Washington. With ancestral roots in the Plains and the South, and an academic background in physics and languages, Chris weaves abstract and creative approaches into their work. As an educator and experiential facilitator, they uplift Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color by centering identity, belonging, and storytelling to dismantle systems of white supremacy. Chris co-founded a teaching staff committee and BIPOC student affinity group and is active in the cycling community, fostering intersectional environmentalism and collective care for land, water, and humanity.  

Born and raised in South Seattle, Solomon Calvert-Adera has been actively engaged in the city’s film community for over fourteen years, volunteering with both the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) and the Seattle Children’s Film Festival. A farmer, arborist, educator and chef by trade, Solomon bridges his love for the arts with his passion for restorative farming and food sovereignty. Through his work, he amplifies Indigenous storytellers and activists, in addition to Black and Brown artists within his community who stand on the frontlines of environmental activism and collective care.