Robbie Leppzer is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker with thirty years experience directing over thirty independent film, video, and public radio documentaries for national and international distribution. His critically acclaimed works about contemporary social issues and multicultural themes have been broadcast globally by CNN International and broadcast nationally in the United States and Canada by PBS, CNN, Cinemax, Sundance Channel, HDNet, Black Entertainment Television, The Learning Channel, Link TV, Free Speech TV, National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has extensive experience filming in international situations, including Central and South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Canada. Since 1985, Leppzer has been director of Turning Tide Productions, an independent documentary video production and distribution company located in Wendell, Massachusetts.