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has been a California lawyer for thirty-two years. He is a former partner in the law firm of Rapkin, Gitlin & Beaumont and is currently a member of the ACLU Union Board and Foundation Board, Southern California. Mr. Rapkin represented an alleged enemy combatant who was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This required him to sue the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense to challenge his client's unlawful detention and ultimately led to his client’s release in January 2007, after five years of imprisonment in which he underwent torture.
 
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is a documentary and machinima filmmaker, journalist, writer and new media producer. Her work includes two Second Life installations, Gone Gitmo, a virtual representation of Guantánamo Bay prison that was funded by the MacArthur Foundation and Mauerkrankheit (Wallsickness), an Annenberg Public Good Merit Award winner. A former correspondent for Newsweek Magazine, she has written for the New York Times, Premiere Magazine, Texas Monthly, Time Magazine and others. She has written multiple episodes of dramatic television, including penning two pilots for CBS. She has also directed and produced four feature length documentary films exploring human rights issues which have been shown on national television and screened at theatres, festivals and special events in more than fifty cities around the globe. The Los Angeles Times wrote that, "de la Peña expertly personalizes the stories" in her films and the New York Times called her work, "a brave and necessary act of truth-telling." De la Peña is currently working with Institute for Creative Technologies researchers to explore how real world social issues are informed by virtual worlds. She expects her Masters in June 2009 from the University of Southern California's Annenberg Program on Online Communities (APOC), a Communication Management program focusing on online communities. |
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, Visiting Assistant Professor at USC-SCA Interactive Media Division, is a digital media artist and designer focusing on interactive and immersive design. A member of the MIT Architecture Machine Group she worked on pioneering interactive projects, going on to create titles for The Voyager Company, Broderbund, Electronic Arts, Von Holtzbrinck and Ravensberger Interactive. Weil was awarded the MILIA D'OR in Cannes in 1998. She designed the original Roden Crater website in 1996 and is currently working on a comprehensive redesign for Skystone and James Turrell. She was creative producer/designer for USC's Institute for Creative Technology E.L.E.C.T. project, a role-playing game to increase cultural awareness in Army Officers and The Redistricting Game, a USC Annenberg Center sponsored project to increase voter awareness about redistricting. Current projects include Gone Gitmo, a virtual installation of Guantánamo Prison and Mauerkrankheit (Wallsickness) a virtual installation of the world's border fences. |
is an installation of Guantánamo Prison in the virtual reality environment, Second Life. It is a collaboration between digital media artist Peggy Weil and filmmaker Nonny de la Peña drawing from de la Peña's film, UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Gone Gitmo is a political piece emphasizing human rights and habeas corpus, pushing the boundaries of narrative by integrating documentary footage and both live and scripted events within a virtual environment. Gone Gitmo Blog: www.gonegitmo.blogspot.com
At right: images from Gone Gitmo on SecondLife |
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