Forgotten Stars (Friday, 4 p.m.)

First-time director/producer Richard Keel knows a good thing when he sees it. With a great script, experienced actors and crew willing to donate time and talent, he gladly takes credit for a funny, polished final product.

Jay Ross is from Newport News, Virginia. He spent time in L.A. where he appeared in several films, most notably a speaking part in "Forrest Gump". He is currently working on another film project in the Norfolk area.

James Shearer was born, raised and lives in Norfolk, Virginia. He has written and produced several murder mysteries and had a short film accepted in Good Morning America's "I See Scary Movies" in 2001. He is currently working on his next script.

Heavy Metal: A Mining Disaster in Northern Quebec (Saturday, 1:40 p.m.)

A NH-licensed Professional Geologist with over 20 years of experience in environmental issues, Christopher Covel chose Antioch as his graduate school to better equip him to be part of the solution to environmental degradation. He lives and works with his geologist wife in Lyndeborough, NH.

Cree Neil Diamond has directed a number of powerful productions about his people, including Cree Spoken Here, the award-winning One More River, Dab Iyiyuu (a series about Cree elders and their wilderness skills) as well as Heavy Metal. He is co-founder of Beesum Communications, publishers of The Nation, an award-winning news and cultural magazine, serving the James Bay Cree communities. Diamond co-founded and writes a column for The Nation.

Matthew Mukash is the newly elected Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees of eastern James Bay and Southern Hudson Bay. Mukash continues his long-held interest in preserving the environment, stating in his inaugural address "The Ouje Bougoumou contamination issue must be treated with utmost urgency. "

Cree Ernie Webb, executive producer of award-winning Heavy Metal, has worked in communications most of his life. He co-founded Rezolution Pictures and has executive produced numerous other award-winning documentaries about his people. He currently co-directs the series Dab Iyiyuu and produces Moose TV, a comedy show set in the north. Ernest is a co-founder of Beesum Communications, publishers of The Nation.

Sherry Gould lives with her logger husband in Bradford, NH. She has collected baskets for decades and uses traditional basket making as a major means of exploring her Abenaki heritage. She recently completed an apprenticeship with Jeanne Brink. Several of her baskets are included in the Pathways exhibit at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, VT.

Barbara Francis, the subject of Penobscot Basket Maker, was born and reared in Indian Island, Maine. She learned traditional basket making techniques from two older Penobscot women and continues to weave those lessons into her life. In addition to receiving numerous awards at Native American art shows Barbara was awarded a grant by the Smithsonian Institute to research Native American artifacts. She has also exhibited and demonstrated her work at the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA.

Emmy-nominated director Jim Sharkey's passion for film making has taken him from his native County Roscommon, Ireland to North Carolina to Maine, where he currently resides and pursues his film making career. He will also be appearing at S.N.O.B. with his latest documentary, Hard Work.