TFI Documentary Fund 2012
The "girls" have been friends, and morbidly obese, for years. Now they're choosing to have weight-loss surgery in an effort to lose hundreds of pounds. Their health, marriages and friendships are all at stake.
Editor
Sarah Devorkin has worked in documentary film and television since 2004. Recent credits include Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (SXSW, 2010), Who Took the Bomp (SXSW, 2011), and Page One (Sundance, 2011).
Director of Photography
Deborah Eve Lewis’ documentary feature credits include The Calling (dir. Danny Alpert), Sunshine (dir. Karen Skloss) Troop 1500 (dir. Ellen Spiro), Last Man Standing (dir. Paul Stekler) and Writ Writer (dir. Susanne Mason).
Director/Producer
Alexandra Lescaze is the producer/director of Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill. She is the executive director of the Sidney Hillman Foundation which awards prizes for journalism in service of the common good.