Laura Lipson is the director, writer, and co-producer of “Standing On My Sisters’ Shoulders.”  She also penned the lyrics for the film’s opening song “Freedom Will Come.”

She fulfilled her elementary school dream to live in Paris, and had the opportunity to do that when she became an assistant film editor for auteur director, Raul Ruiz.  She worked on two of his films: “Treasure Island” and “Richard III.”

She’s an award winning writer/producer/director ad has worked with ABC, CBS, TV One, New World Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions.  She wrote and produced hundreds of television trailers and short form videos.

Recently, she has been a speaker for the State Department traveling to South Africa to talk to college and high school students and community members about filmmaking, interviewing techniques, mentorship, and the value of preserving grassroots history.

As a writer/producer director, she has worked on diverse projects including sizzle reels for ABC, a series for Veterans returning to Civilian life, a short film for school age children about the US flag, and a World War II documentary story in Rome with the Sadoffs.  She graduated with honors from UC Berkeley and lives in Washington, DC.

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Joan H. Sadoff, M.Ed, MSW is the producer of “Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders” and the editor of the companion book, “Pieces From the Past: Voices of Heroic Women in Civil Rights.” She has spent her professional career as a clinical social worker and has lectured to academic, professional and community organizations on the subject of societal change in the family.

Ms. Sadoff has been listed in Who’s Who in Mental Health, Who’s Who in America and has appeared on NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations discussing marital and family issues. She has devoted over 50 years of service through board affiliations focusing on issues of education, women and children. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Temple University, School of Social Administration, Alumni Fellow Award and recognized in the university’s Gallery of Success. She was named Social Worker of the year by the NASW/PA, 2005 and most recently the recipient of the Annual Award for “Civil Rights and Social Justice” at the National Conference on Civil Rights.

Ms. Sadoff has presented “Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders” in over 200 venues; Pieces From the Past is now included in the programs.

She and her husband Robert have 4 children and 10 grandchildren.

Robert L. Sadoff, MD is the executive producer of “Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders” and the co -editor of the companion book, “Pieces From the Past:

Voices of Heroic Women in Civil Rights.” Dr. Sadoff is a practicing forensic psychiatrist, Clinical Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry and Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on legal and ethical issues in forensic psychiatry including eleven books and over 100 journal articles. He is Past President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law as well as the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry. He continues to speak on forensic and psychiatric issues of the day, nationally and internationally.

In 2004, the Robert L. Sadoff Library was established at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia when he donated 4,000 volumes that focus on forensic psychiatry and legal medicine.

He and his wife Joan have 4 children and 10 grandchildren.