THE CREW

Our Team

Rita Hargrave, wearing a black cap with a logo, a red jacket, and a striped shirt, smiling and drumming on the back of a chair in front of a brick wall.

Rita Hargrave

Director/Producer/Writer

Dr. Rita Hargrave is a pioneering producer, filmmaker,percussionist, and psychiatrist whose creative work uplifts underrepresented voices, especially African American and Afro-Latinx women. Her debut feature film THE LAST MAMBO (2020) explores the San Francisco Bay Area's salsa and Latin jazz community, airing on over 100 PBS stations during Hispanic Heritage Month in 2023 and 2024. Available to stream on PBS until 2027, the film is featured on PBS Learning Media, providing educational resources about music, migration, community building, and resilience despite challenges like gentrification.

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Manuel Tsingaris

Manuel served as editor of THE LAST MAMBO. His impressive portfolio includes the Peabody Award-winning PBS mini-series THE LATINO AMERICANS (2013); BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM (VOCES, 2019); PURGATORIO (America ReFramed, 2013); DOGTOWN REDEMPTION (Independent Lens, 2015); and ALIVE INSIDE: A STORY OF MUSIC AND MEMORY (2014, Netflix Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sundance).

Editor/Story Consultant

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Dr. Wayne Wallace

Participant/Co-Producer/Composer/Musical Director

A seven-time Grammy-nominated trombonist, composer, arranger, and producer, previously co-producer, composer, arranger, and musical director for THE LAST MAMBO and its CD compilations, Dr Wayne’s recording company Patois Records created Salsa De La Bahia Vol. 3: Renegade Queens, the soundtrack for RENEGADE QUEENS with Rita Hargrave. San Francisco-born, Dr. Wayne is Professor in Practice in jazz studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and has performed with Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind and Fire, Santana, and Tito Puente.

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Ethan Goldwater

Director of Photography/Associate Producer

Ethan's short film THE LAST WATERMEN OF WITTMAN was a Vimeo staff pick in 2011. He produced THE LONG ROAD HOME about double amputee tractor puller Larry Koester. His film CARRYING CAPACITY, adapted from Karl Deisseroth's book Projections, won best short doc at the 2023 Vail Film Festival.

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Amy Martinez

Line Producer/Budget Consultant/ Scriptwriter/Story Consultant

Emmy-nominated producer whose documentaries have appeared on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, PBS, National Geographic, MSNBC, Discovery, and A&E Networks. She produced "Paws in Prison" for THAT ANIMAL RESCUE SHOW (2020, Paramount+), directed by Richard Linklater and Bill Guttentag; FARMLAND (2014, Netflix); A WHISPER TO A ROAR (2012, Prime Video); and award-winning short narrative ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE (2015). A Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism graduate, her South Texas roots inform her filmmaking perspective.

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Kenn Rabin

Archival Consultant

Two-time Emmy Award nominee, is an internationally recognized expert on archival materials in film storytelling. He has worked on more than 100 films, including SELMA, MILK, and GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK. His documentary credits include AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, SEQUEL, and INEQUALITY FOR ALL.  He co-produced PBS's THE STORM THAT SWEPT MEXICO and was project archivist for EYES ON THE PRIZE and VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY. His work appears in PBS's AMERICAN MASTERS, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and other series. He leads master classes at film festivals, lectures at Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. He provides corporate workshops on archival materials and rights clearances for companies, including Apple and Paramount UK.

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Jason Alarcón

Assistant Editor

San Francisco-based Latinx editor Jason Alarcón discovered filmmaking through documenting his Peruvian father. A Columbia graduate, he's worked on Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning projects, including "How to Survive a Plague" and "37 Words." A 2020 Sundance Art of Editing fellow and 2023 Karen Schmeer Editing fellow, he co-leads Video Consortium Bay Area, championing diverse, underrepresented voices.