On the Divide
Logline
ON THE DIVIDE follows the story of three Latinx people living in McAllen, Texas who, despite their views, are connected by the most unexpected of places: the last abortion clinic on the U.S./Mexico border. As threats to the clinic and their personal safety mount, our three characters are forced to make decisions they never could have imagined.
Maya Cueva
Co-Director
Maya Cueva is an award-winning director and producer. Her work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, Latino USA, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, and NBC’s Nightly News. Maya’s documentary work has screened internationally and across the USA, including SXSW, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Full Frame Documentary Festival, and the Rinkerike International Youth Film Festival in Norway. Her short documentary THE PROVIDER also won an Emmy at the College Television Awards. She is a 2019 Sundance Ignite Fellow, part of the Sundance Film Institute, and was an Emerging Artist Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center.
Leah Galant
Co-Director
Leah Galant studied documentary film at Ithaca College, where she was named one of Variety’s 110 Students to watch in Film and Media for BEYOND THE WALL and THE PROVIDER, which won a Student Emmy. She was a Sundance Ignite Fellow and Sally Burns Shenkman Women Filmmaker Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center, where she created DEATH METAL GRANDMA, which premiered at SXSW 2018, won the Emerging Documentary Award at the American Pavillion at Cannes Film Festival, and was a NYTimes Op-Doc.
Elizabeth Woodward
Producer
Elizabeth Woodward is a NY-based documentary producer. She co-produced Netflix’s THE GREAT HACK which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2019. Other projects include AFTERWARD (DOC NYC 2018), BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY, (premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2017) and Netflix’s DIRTY MONEY. Elizabeth studied Film and Literature at Brown University.
Diane Becker
Producer
Diane is an LA-based producer and a graduate of the American Film Institute. Credits with an award-winning Passion Pictures and Motto Pictures include SERGIO, MANHUNT, FIVE CAME BACK, and THE FINAL YEAR. She produced Stephen Kijak’s WE ARE X, IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW, and his latest for Showtime this fall, SID & JUDY. She co-founded Fishbowl Films with Melanie Miller and their film, INVENTING TOMORROW, premiered on POV in July. Diane was a 2017 Sundance Documentary Creative Producing Fellow. She is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists (AMPAS).
Melanie Miller
Producer
Melanie Miller has over two decades of experience in the entertainment industry. As VP of Acquisitions & Marketing at Gravitas Ventures and more recently as EVP at Samuel Goldwyn Films, she has been instrumental in the growth of the new paradigm of independent distribution. Melanie co-founded Fishbowl Films Diane Becker and their latest collaboration INVENTING TOMORROW by Laura Nix, had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. INVENTING TOMORROW was theatrically released and made its national broadcast debut on July 29th on the PBS documentary series POV. She is a member of the Producers Guild (PGA).
Amanda Spain
Producer
Amanda Spain is a producer with over 15 years of experience in both feature and series documentaries. She recently joined Blumhouse Television as the Director of Alternative and Non-scripted Programming, where she helps develop and manage non-scripted content. Most recently, Amanda produced the audience favorite and award-winning documentary BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY, which was nabbed by Focus Features. She has also produced series for numerous outlets, including ESPN, A&E, PBS, MTV, HLN, Netflix, and the Sundance Channel. She was a 2016-2017 Sundance Producing Fellow and is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Documentary Producers Alliance.