Marty Ostrow has been a producer, writer and director for public, commercial and cable television for more than 25 years. His award-winning films include the acclaimed 90-minute documentary America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference, for the PBS series The American Experience. In addition to history, Marty has made many films about science, for NOVA, PBS’s Discover the World of Science, and the Discovery Channel. He was the producer of two hours in the ground-breaking documentary series Race to Save the Planet, the first large-scale PBS effort to bring environmental issues to national consciousness. Excerpts from the extended archival interview Marty produced with cultural historian Thomas Berry are released as Thomas Berry Speaks. Marty’s work is known for the intimate portrait style he brings to his subjects. His public television films about the arts have earned him three Emmy Awards. Marty’s films have been seen in festivals around the world.
Terry Kay Rockefeller has over 25 years experience producing and executive producing award-winning documentaries for PBS. She was a member of the team that created the long-running science series, NOVA. Terry also produced episodes of ODYSSEY, which told anthropological and archaeological stories; The Ring of Truth with MIT professor Phil Morrison; Eyes on the Prize, the celebrated history of America’s civil rights struggles, and The Great Depression. She was series producer of America’s War on Poverty, and I’ll Make Me a World, an examination of African-American arts in the 20th century; and executive producer of Hopes on the Horizon a feature-length documentary produced with a largely African production team. Terry was also executive project manager of On Common Ground, a CD-ROM documenting the religious diversity of present-day America, produced with Harvard professor Diana Eck.