Metropolis Crew:

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Marcus Bastida - Executive Producer, with his camera around his neck, was a fixture at the Metropolis. In 1989, he relocated to Los Angeles to attend law school at USC. His legal career began in the employ of Roger Corman's film production company, Concorde-New Horizons, releasing two feature-length films per month meet the high demand of direct-to-cable and home video retail markets. Marcus has provided production and legal work for countless independent feature films and documentaries. He served on the board directors for the Huntington Beach Art Center, Grand Central Art Forum and Grand Central Art Press. In Seattle, he volunteered for the Center on Contemporary Art.

Jonathan Evison - Writer/Director (aka Munkeyseeker) is an award-winning author of 10 novels -- his novel, Lawn Boy, is one of the most frequently banned books in America. His book, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, was made into the Netflix film The Fundamentals of Caring starring Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez. At fourteen, he was the front man of the 80s punk band March of Crimes, along with Stone Gossard (of Pearl Jam fame) and future Soundgarden alum Ben Shepherd. Being among one of the younger participants in the scene (picture Eddie Munster in wingtips) Jonathan offers us a starry-eyed and emotional-charged perspective on the Metropolis, which he credits for "really solidifying my sense of identity and belonging."

Alex Shumway - Producer moved to Seattle at age sixteen and attended The Northwest School along with other future Seattle notables as Steve Turner (Mr. Epp, Green River, Mudhoney), Stone Gossard (Green River, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam). His band, Spluii Numa, played under the slogan "hardcore you can hum to." After the breakup of Spluii Numa he helped co-found Green River along with the afore mentioned Steve Turner, Stone Gossard, also Mark Arm (Mr. Epp, Mudhoney) and Jeff Ament (Deranged Diction, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam). Alex has lived in Japan, been in films, worked in politics and still makes music to this day.