In 1995, Michael McCray blew the whistle on $40 million in waste, fraud and abuse at the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the Clinton Administration. As a result, he became a leading public interest advocate for civil and human rights, including free speech and whistleblower protections. McCray is a 2007 recipient of the "No FEAR Award" in Washington, DC. In addition, he received statewide recognition for outstanding work in peace and social justice in Arkansas. The OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology honored him as an ARKANSAS PEACE & JUSTICE HERO in 2008. Most recently, ...

Sky is the co-founder and festival director of DC/DOX. She is also the director of the Film and Media Studies program at Georgetown University, where she teaches a variety of courses in documentary cinema. Sky is the former festival director of AFI Docs (previously known as Silverdocs), which she ran from 2005 until 2014, as well as the formerco-creator and co-director of Double Exposure, a festival and symposium that explores the intersection of film and investigative journalism. Sky has held previous programming positions for the Newport International Film Festival and the New York ...