Miron Zownir

Photographer

Zownir took up photography in the late 70s during the hey-days of the punk-phenomenon in West- Berlin and London. In 1980s New York, back then arguably the world's most fascinating and permissive metropolis. Zownir covered the city's multi-layered day-to-day lunacy. Moody and expressionistic, Zownir's pictures give a penetrating insight to inner-city sub-cultures.

Michael Halloran

Radio Disc Jockey

He loves music, and talking about it, in all forms, Reggae, Punk to Rock. His track record in recognising talented unknowns has been his calling card to a generation of listeners, and propelled the careers of megastars including U2, blink-182 and Jewel. As one of his San Diego fans wrote on his blog, 'Halloran stands alone. He simply loves the music-- so very rare among the bilge that passes for radio in this town.' Now in his 50s the same can not be said of Halloran's work in the radio industry. This was terminated in early 2010 after a string of terminations from other shows. Halloran blames a Corporate America unfamiliar with the relationship between Host and Audience. Nonetheless he is not bitter toward this architecture and remains an intriguing commentator, even without the radio medium and is calm and stoic about his career. Indeed there is a hint of pride, a twist in his tail that makes his story that much more compelling to tell. In Halloran we found the perfect trail host for our first LA film. He the adventurer who came to LA to live the dream, and taste it, but never hold it, and yet, appears ok with that.

Stu Mead

Is a Berlin Based American artist.

Prof. Gerhard Baader

Medical Historia and holocaust survivor

I put the subject of Nazi medical war crimes on the table in Germany.

2011, Berlin. Exhibited Balhaus Ost, Prenzlauerberg.

Heinrich Dubel

At no point in my dealings with Heinrich Dubel did I feel that I was in the presence of someone seeking to uphold a status quo. In Dubel one finds a man seeking flux, with a mission to investigate culture, but specifically its arrival and its departure. I did not sense that he is as interested in its own momentum. He is a theoretician... and somehow I felt this is in part why it took me not much under an entire year between contacting him to actually interview him.

Ted Templeman

Ted Templeman is your cheeky, friendly and down to earth music legend. His records defined the sounds of American Rock in the 70s, 80s and 90s. We met at L.A.'s Sunset Sound Studios where he had produced the music of Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, Aerosmith and Eric Clapton. Having sat in on numerous recording sessions elsewhere I appreciate the bond that forms between a producer and his studio. … something here… seeing Templeman walk around Sunset Sound was watching a man at home in his castle. Adored by the manager and technicians, a knight of American Music. Templeman clearly knew his music but was interested in the arts, academia and expressed his wish to teach high school history if, 'he could do it all again.' As the last in participant in this trail, this was a poignant finale. Templeman's success was not in the records he'd pressed but in his interests in the world that he lived him. He was concerned about the America that arguably effected the previous participants on this trail adversely. The strive for career success and the impact of this on your beliefs and decisions.

Ute Scheub

In an hour-long interview, Scheub covered a 30 years history of taking on the world's ills, demonstrating the potential which we must all have (somewhere) to save it, armed with curiosity, belief in good, and a pen. And yet far from donning cape and superhero mask, Scheub is reassuringly normal, greeting you with sunshine smile, warm and friendly. I wanted to hug her immediately and I think I may just have done.