Emma Wall and Betsy Hershey are co-founders of Guest House Productions, a documentary team dedicated to telling stories that humanize complex issues. Wall’s background in child psychiatry and Hershey’s in music and film inform their collaborative, impact-driven approach. Their debut film, GUERRILLA HABEAS (Executive Produced by Emmy Award winner Trevor Noah and Academy Award winner Michael Sugar) follows two lawyers fighting family separations during the first Trump administration. It premiered at Telluride and aired on MSNBC.
BETSY HERSHEY - DIRECTOR/DP, PRODUCER, Co-founder of Guest House Productions
Is a musician and documentary filmmaker dedicated to using art as a force for social change. She co-directed GUERRILLA HABEAS (Telluride Film Festival 2022) and executive produced PAVEMENTS (Venice Film Festival 2024). She has filmed for the Mind and Life Institute at the Dalai Lama’s residence. As the musician BETS, she has released three albums, toured the U.S. and Europe, and recently had a song featured in CURL POWER.
EMMA WALL - DIRECTOR/DP, PRODUCER, Co-founder of Guest House Productions
Is a Danish American documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Guest House Productions. Her debut short, GUERRILLA HABEAS, focused on the US immigration crisis and premiered at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival. A former child psychiatrist trained at Oxford and Columbia/Cornell, she worked at UCLA and in the U.S. foster care system, and volunteered with refugees in Greece, India, and South Africa. Her storytelling is deeply shaped by her work in youth mental health and human rights.