Leah Galant is a filmmaker and Fulbright Scholar whose storytelling focuses on unexpected narratives that challenge perceptions. In  2022, she was recognized as one of DOC NYC’s 40 under 40. Leah’s directorial debut  ON THE DIVIDE premiered at the Tribeca 2021 Film Festival and was broadcast on  POV PBS on April 18th 2022. She was a Sundance Ignite and Jacob Burns Fellow  where she created DEATH METAL GRANDMA (SXSW 2018) about a 97 year old  Holocaust survivor named Inge Ginsberg who sings death metal which is a NY Times  Op Doc. While at Ithaca College in 2015 she was named one of Variety’s “110 Students  to Watch in Film and Media” for her work on THE PROVIDER (SXSW 2016, Student  Emmy Award) and BEYOND THE WALL. She is also a member-owner at Meerkat  Media cooperative and working on her second feature length film on memory culture that is supported by Claims Conference, Jewish Story Partners and the Jewish Film Institute.