The Erasing Family team is the same behind Erasing Dad (Borrando a papá, Argentina 2014), which made family bond obstruction front page news to drive legislative and court reform in Argentina. It combined the story of fathers fighting to see their children with the testimony of professionals who confessed how they do everything to keep families apart in the name of profit. The expose of court corruption and discrimination caused the film to be censored in Argentina, but people distributed the film via DVDs and the internet. The impact was huge: public opinion now fathers separated from their children as victims of institutional violence.
Now used in university programs, this film has also been part of education for judges in the supreme court of Costa Rica and other courts throughout the region. Most importantly, the film reunited families via court decisions and the actions of young people who saw the film and were inspired to reconnect with their parents.
Director and Producer Ginger Gentile is on a mission to save children from the trauma of high-conflict divorce. Her first film on this topic, ERASING DAD, was filmed in Argentina and resulted in joint-custody legislation being enacted. Her latest film, ERASING FAMILY, currently streaming on all major platforms, exposes the trauma children suffer when a loving parent is erased from their lives, a problem that affects 22 million families in the US alone. For this film she crowdfunded nearly half a million dollars and created a network of parents who went from victims to activists. Gentile was named an Architect of Change by Maria Shriver and has spoken at SXSW and appeared in the Atlantic Magazine, Washington Times, and on shows on the Bravo, ABC, CBS and NBC networks as well as numerous podcasts
In her time serving as the Executive Director of the National Parents Organization in 2019 she added six new state affiliates and garnered national press attention for the Shared Parenting Report Card. Now, she is coaching parents suffering from parental alienation to help them reunite with their erased children GingerGentile.com/consulting Her program for replicating the success of reunited families will soon be a podcast, course and book.
After graduating Columbia University, Ginger lived in Argentina for 13 years where she ran San Telmo Productions, whose clients include Nat Geo, A&E, Warner Bros, and Al Gore’s Climate Challenge. Her feature directing credits include ERASING DAD (Borrando a Papá, 2014) and GOALS FOR GIRLS (Mujeres con Pelotas, 2014) which follows slum girls fighting to play a sport off limits to women in Argentina: soccer. Her Fourth Documentary Film, EXLUSION U., about Ivy League universities will soon be released by Cora Media.
She travels frequently as a public speaker to educate family court professionals and parents on how to end Parental Alienation. She is a member of Film Fatales, Alliance for Women Directors, Women in Film and Directores Argentinos Cinematográficos.
Dr. Jeff Gardere, Co-Producer. Better known as
“America’s Psychologist”, Dr. Jeff is a contributor to CNN, HLN, the FOX network, the Today Show, and MSNBC. Dr. Jeff has been the principal psychologist on Love and Hip Hop, The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Potomac. He was the host of VH1’s Dad Camp. Dr. Jeff is one of the most widely sought-after experts in the field of
mental health. In addition to having a private practice in Manhattan, he is an Assistant Professor and Course Director of Behavioral Medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City. He is a prolific author of four books and a contributing author of a half-dozen books.
Sean Jarrett, Editor: is based in Los Angeles has edited films including the acclaimed Holy Hell, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016, and is distributed by Netflix, as well as Hal, which premiered at Sundance in 2018. In 2016 Sean was the film editor of Taking Stock, a documentary feature shot in and around Johannesburg South Africa. Sean served as an editor under Supervising Editor Scott Mosier (Clerks, Chasing Amy) on ABC’s Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop!, a primetime documentary special. He is a graduate of The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts where he earned an MFA in Film and Television Production.
Gabriel Balanovsky, Producer: Co-Director and Producer of Goals for Girls, and Executive Producer of Erasing Dad. In 2017, he reunited with his daughter after being unable to see her for 13 years and they are now making up for lost time. His fight to see her is the inspiration for this project. When he isn´t running San Telmo Productions, whose clients include ABC, BBC Nat Geo and Nike, he is speaking with other parents who are suffering as well as educating judges, lawyers and organizations. www.GabrielBalanovsky.com IMDB: Gabriel Balanovsky
Camilla Hall, Producer: Camilla Hall’s directorial debut was Copwatch produced by Bow & Arrow Entertainment which was nominated for Best Documentary at Tribeca and Stockholm in 2017 and acquired by Gunpowder & Sky. She produced Freedom for the Wolf which won the Slamdance Audience Award in 2018 after showing at IDFA, Sheffield Doc Fest and the United Nations Film Festival. Prior to filmmaking, she was an award-winning journalist at the Financial Times. She is a member of Film Fatales and Cinesisters.
Douglas Blush, Consulting Editor. Credits include more than seventy feature and television documentaries, including Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody Award winning projects, eight Sundance Film Festival features including one Grand Jury and two Audience Award winners, and three of the top 150 box office documentaries of all time. He was the consulting editor Icarus (2018 Oscar winner best documentary) on 20 Feet From Stardorm (2010 Oscar winner best documentary), Holy Hell (Sundance) and editor of Invisible War.
Pamela Johnson, Field Producer: Veteran journalist and 2nd VP for Digital Content for the National Writers Union. As an author, she co-wrote Santa & Pete that was adapted into a CBS-TV movie starring James Earl Jones and Hume Cronyn. An alum of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Pamela is at work on a series of short documentaries for the Global Sport Institute, a joint venture between Arizona State University and Adidas. She was a grand prize winner in the 2013 International Write Beijing Competition, and shot the short film, “Morning Song,” on location in China.
Jason Blalock, Principal Cinematographer: In 2007, he completed the documentary filmmaking program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He has worked on non-fiction series for Al Jazeera, CNN, Discovery, HBO, Netflix, and New York Times. Jason has also worked on a good number of independent documentaries including Don’t Stop Believing: Everyman’s Journey, We Are Legion, A Fragile Trust, The Mask We Live In, Resilience, Nobody Speak: The Trials of the Free Press, and Chelsea XY. He currently resides in Oakland, CA. www.jasonblalock.com
Fran Lozano, Coordinating Producer: Hailing from Argentina, Fran has managed documentaries, TV shows, commercial productions and independent projects alike, both nationally and internationally. She is currently producing and directing SFX, a documentary on Magic, Craft & the Art of Believing a feature about practical special effects in film. Fran is part of Women in Film and advocates for inclusion and equality in all arts and industries.
Julie Janata, Executive Producer: Julie is a two-time Emmy Award winner. In addition, five of her films have been acquired by Showtime, three by PBS, Amazon, Netflix, Sundance Channel and she has won more than 25 awards around the world. A member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Janata is committed to diversity in media, both in front of and behind the camera. She is Chair of the Producers Guild Power of Diversity Master Workshop. As President Emeritus of the Alliance of Women Directors, Julie promotes female directors. IMDB: Julie Janata
Erasing Family team at Sundance Institute! Bringing erased families to new audiences! Pamela Johnson and Camilla Hall, Producers, Ginger Gentile, Director, Scott Shepard, Trailer Editor.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Dr. Christine Giancarlo, Canadian Advisor, Special Associate Producer: is an applied anthropologist and professor at Mount Royal University since 1992. She is a researcher and author with expertise in child welfare and parental alienation, gender, multiculturalism, and cross-cultural and cross-species relations. She is providing research and vetting of characters for the Canadian portion of Erasing Family, as well as spear-heading fundraising efforts and outreach in Canada. She is a member of Leading Women for Shared Parenting and David Suzuki Foundation and also holds memberships with the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) and the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
Dr. Judy Ho is a board licensed clinical psychologist, a two-time board diplomat of American Board of Professional Psychology and the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, and a tenured Associate Professor of Psychology at Pepperdine University. She maintains research lab which focuses on providing access to evidence-based care to high-needpopulations. Dr. Ho regularly appears on various television programs as an expert psychologist, and she is currently a guest co-host on The Doctors (CBS). She will be part of the expert panel on the forthcoming CBS syndicated daytime talk show “Face The Truth” with host Vivica Fox premiering Fall 2018.
Thabiti Boone is a former White House Fatherhood Champion and Representative to former President, Barack Obama Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative. He is an Inspirational Public Figure, Humanitarian, member of the NY Knicks, recognized as a CNN Hero for Championing Children, Martin Luther King Man of the Year for leadership, appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, featured in Washington Post, NY Times, Ebony magazine. He was awarded the White House Presidential Pin and Citation for Service to our Country. Boone has distinguished himself as a leader in the areas of political activism, civic engagement, social justice, education, sports and entertainment.
Joy Moses is a writer and consultant focused on poverty and racial justice. She previously worked with the Poverty and Prosperity program at the Center for American Progress where she managed projects and analyzed federal policy. Joy’s other professional experiences include serving as a staff attorney with both the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She is currently on the board of the Washington Council of Lawyers. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford University.
Dr. Kiley Hamlin is a Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychology and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She is also the Director of the UBC Center for Infant Cognition. Her research focuses on the role of evaluative processes in our everyday cognitions about the world. Dr. Hamlin is also part of the Early Development Research Group, a con
sortium of five research centers interested in the development of language, learning, and social understanding in infants and children. She is also a member of Leading Women for Shared Parenting. Dr. Kiley Hamlin shared her research in the sold-out event Educating the Heart in the Early Years: A Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on October 22, 2014 at the University of British Columbia
Kenya N. Rahmaan is the author of The Child Support Hustle (N.K. Clark) and the Founder of The Reform Child Support NOW! Movement. Kenya began her writing career in 2007. She specializes in child support guidelines and regulations. Kenya is a disabled veteran of the United States Army and earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Franklin University. Kenya is a board member of The Carnell Alexander Foundation and a co-host on The Child Support Hustle radio show. She has had a blog published by NCSEA Rapid Read-Your NCSEA Weekly Connection in 2016 and she plans on continue the fight for child support reform.
Camille Brown is an award-winning filmmaker. She graduated from UCLA’s prestigious Film, Television and Theater School. She made her directorial debut with her documentary A Second Chance at Life narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. The documentary went on to screen at several film festivals winning best documentary. She co-produced the feature film A Perfect Getaway starring Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich. Camille just completed her feature thriller The Nth Ward, which is about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She is a member of Film Fatales LA Chapter where she met Ginger and is advising on social media and celebrity involvement.
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