DONUT DAY is produced by Amy Levine and Dhera Strauss.



Amy Levine is the producer of several documentaries and shorter video works. DISHES: Collecting Fiesta was produced in 2004; it was named Best Documentary at the 2004 East Lansing Film Festival and has screened at numerous other festivals. Her short experimental video "You Will Fix Me Dinner" was screened at the 2005 East Lansing Film Festival, and another piece, "Russian Toys," was featured at the 2005 Kalamazoo Animation Festival International.

Amy was commissioned by the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in 2005 to produce "Chihuly: Installing the Exhibition," a short documentary about how the pieces for the museum's Dale Chihuly exhibit were set up that played as part of the exhibit. Amy was the editor for Neighbors in the Square in 2004, which Dhera Strauss produced. Amy is a new media instructor with Education for the Arts, and is also a part-time instructor in English and Communication at Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
Dhera Strauss is Media Producer and teaches Introductory and Advanced Documentary Production at Kalamazoo College. Currently she is producing a documentary about jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris with WGVU-TV. Over the years, she has also produced her own documentaries, the most recent of which is Los Bandits: More than a Tex-Mex Band, which tells the story of musical partners and how they brought their talents, creativity, and mission from Mexico and Texas to Western Michigan. She produced Neighbors In The Square in 2004, a program that highlights the community within a HUD building in a transitional neighborhood in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Other documentaries include The Early Bird Gets The Wild Double about life in a local bingo hall, and The Birth of a Dance which follows the choreography of a new modern dance by a local troupe. Dhera also does video art productions, including "Of Course", a tribute to 9/11 victims; "Inheritance", a meditation on her mother, and "Under Watchful Eyes", a portrayal of the Virgen of Guadalupe. A graduate of Earlham College with a B.A. in English Literature, she has also worked as a freelance producer/director.