DIRECTOR, WRITER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, CO-EDITOR

Thatcher Warrick Hess is in the Bilingual Journalism program as a graduate student. He is a University of Arizona alumni, receiving double majors History and Hispanic Linguistics and double minors in Portuguese and Film/TV in 2019. He is a trilingual investigative journalist, speaking both Spanish and Portuguese fluently. His areas of interest specifically are linguistics (phonetics and morphology), Portuguese dialectal variation and historical investigative journalism. During his nine month long ETA Fulbright scholarship teaching English in Brazil in 2022 he also worked on a side project: a podcast. He made the third season of his historical investigative podcast Object Obscura from his radio DBA Obscuirty Podcast Network, where he attempted to find the families that originally owned antique objects. In the future he hopes to use his multimedia journalism skills to make language documentaries and be a journalinguist. (Photo taken by Richard Whitmer)

EDITOR, EFFECTS SUPERVISOR

Rachel is a writer, director, and editor from Chicago. After discovering filmmaking in high school, she moved to NYC where to pursue a double major in Language & Mind and Film/Television at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She moved to Tucson three years ago, where she now works at the Fox Theatre. This is her first time editing a long-form documentary.

PRODUCER, INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR, CO-WRITER

Lumi Koroku Hissataka is a second-year student in Optical Sciences & Engineering at the University of Arizona. She is a third generation Japanese-Brazilian (nikkei) from São Paulo, and speaks both Japanese and Portuguese — which is how she got recruited to participate in this project. Currently, she is a research assistant in the Large Optics Fabrication and Testing Group working on a lens-based space telescope and a solar tracker that harnesses sunlight to capture CO2 from the air. On the weekends, she volunteers as a teaching assistant at the Tucson Japanese Language School.

COLORIST

Camryn James is a multidisciplinary creative from Chicago with roots in film, technology, and music. His deep connection to sound and storytelling has shaped a unique visual style that bridges emotion and innovation. As a colorist, Camryn fuses his technical expertise and artistic eye to craft rich, immersive visuals that bring each frame to life.

AUDIO MIXER

Jonathan Camp is a Sound Designer and Mix Engineer from Tucson, AZ. After completing his education at the Conservatory of the Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, AZ - he moved to Los Angeles and started working in post production audio and foreign language dubbing. He’s extremely grateful to be have been able to meet Thatcher and work on this project. He hopes that Apology Times will shed light on how important print media still is for people’s identities and their history.

COMPOSER, MUSICIAN (SHAMISEN PLAYER)

Yuzo is a professional shamisen player from São Paulo who has been playing for over 15 years. He is actually an instructor to Lumi’s mother, who takes weekly classes.

MUSICIAN (PIANIST)

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POSTER ARTIST

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