Steve Dorst [Director/Co-Producer]
is producer and president of Dorst
MediaWorks, Inc in Washington, DC, the video production
studio he founded in 2000. In 2006-07, he wrote, directed,
and produced Volcanic
Sprint, a feature documentary that chronicles the
adventure and human emotion of a brutal mountain race
in Africa. It is currently being submitted to film festivals
around the world. Dorst is continuing work on Koppo
and Lady B, a documentary that chronicles the decline
and revitalization of musical tradition and identity
in the new African mega-city. Dorst has produced and
directed dozens of short-format corporate and advocacy
videos for prominent international organizations: American
Red Cross, World Bank Group, United Nations, International
Medical Corps, International Crisis Group. He has led
field production teams in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
He writes a blog
on the ties between foreign affairs and documentary
film.
Joe Brinker [Co-Producer] Joseph “Joe”
Brinker was born in Cincinnati in 1969 and graduated
from Saint Xavier High School in 1987. Since 2001, Brinker
has worked as an international consultant on conflict
resolution and civil society development in senior management
positions for some of the world’s leading global
institutions, including USAID, the United Nations and
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Most notably, Brinker managed the UN election office
in Jalalabad, Afghanistan during the parliamentary elections
in 2005, where he headed a staff of 12,000 and managed
a budget of $3 million. In 2006, he coordinated logistics
for the Afghan Presidential Out-of-Country Registration
and Voting, which at the time was the largest refugee
vote ever attempted. Brinker earned an MA in International
Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies and a BA in English Literature from Georgetown
University. Rebirth of Over-the-Rhine is his
first film.
ADVISORS
The producers are assembling an advisory team of local
and national experts on Cincinnati's history, business,
politics, architecture, and aspects of social life;
as well as subject experts in historic preservation,
urban revitalization, and economic development.
The Rebirth of Over-the-Rhine website was
produced by Dorst
MediaWorks, Inc. Photographs by Steve Dorst and
Joe Brinker.
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