Beau Rosario and Brandon Gulish are the Co-Directors of The Elephants and the Grass. They have years of experience as filmmakers, but what first took them to South Sudan was water. While volunteering for an organization that impacts the lives of women in South Sudan through clean drinking wells, they met Shamira and her mother Yasmin. They immediately connected with these inspiring women, seeing elements of their own mothers, daughters, and wives. Being ill-prepared to tell their story alone, they have leaned heavily on a diverse team that includes South Sudanese men and women, a Rwandan production team, and experts from around the world. Laurence Durkin is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Since studying at FAMU in Prague, his films have spanned genres, form, and languages, with continuous threads of dialogue: questions of technology, identity and alienation, and the challenge of living in human made environments.