Bulls & Saints: A Documentary

Rodrigo Dorfman is North Carolina-based award-winning writer, filmmaker and multimedia producer who has worked with POV, HBO, Salma Hayek’s Ventanazul and the BBC among others. His films have been screened at some of the top international film festivals in the world (Toronto, Full Frame, Edinburgh, Telluride, Human Rights Watch). With his father, he won best screenplay award from the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain for Prisoners in Time (1997), starring Joh Hurt. His short One Night in Kernersville won the Jury Award for best short at Full Frame (2011). His work has been exhibited at the Levine Museum of the New South, at the Atlanta History Center, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the MAK in Los Angeles and SECCA in Winston Salem. He is a cinematographer of the Sundance award-winning documentary Always in Season, about the impact of lynching on four different communities; his documentary This Taco Truck Kills Fascists won the Best Louisiana Feature Award at the New Orleans Film Festival, and his feature FIESTA! Quinceañera on the intersection of quinceañeras and immigrant traditions in the South broadcast on PBS stations nationwide in 2018. His feature documentary, Quaranteened, will be broadcast on PBS stations in the spring of 2022 and streamed on the Amazon Prime PBS Documentary Chanel. His memoir Generation Exile will be published by Arte Publico Press in March 2023.

KYLE GOMEZ-LEINWEBER grew up in Northeast Georgia and is a candidate for city council in his home of Flowery Branch. One side of his family has roots in Georgia going back generations while the other side emigrated from Mexico just a few decades ago. Since graduating from Brenau University, Kyle has worked with local governments, state legislators, and non-profit organizations to engage underrepresented constituencies and advocate for people-centered policies. He served on the statewide Latinx outreach committees for the Biden and Warnock campaigns in 2020 and is a member of the Executive Committees for the Democratic Party of Georgia’s Latino Caucus and his local Democratic Committee. Kyle is a graduate of the Gwinnett 101 Citizens Academy and was previously named a 35-Under-35 recipient by the Gwinnett Young Professionals. He is proud to continuously learn from and work alongside community advocates, local leaders, and working families so that every Georgian is included and engaged in our state’s civic, political, and legislative processes.

MELANEY LAGRONE is an award-winning attorney, speaker, and visionary owner and CEO of LaGrone Law: an immigrant rights firm dedicated to protecting the rights of immigrants and the Black community. With a rich background as a former police officer and prosecutor, she brings a unique perspective to immigration law, earning her recognition as a leading expert in the field. As a speaker, Melaney shares her extensive knowledge and commitment to empowering immigrants. She is knowledgeable and experienced in immigration, personal injury, criminal defense, and civil rights, ensuring her clients receive the representation they deserve while going through their legal processes.Melaney embodies the belief that "Immigration Makes For a Better Nation," and her tireless advocacy reflects her dedication to protecting immigrants' rights.