Meet the team
Shuja Moore
Producer / Creator
Shuja is the creator and executive producer of “Walkies”. After serving 12 years in prison, he returned to his West Philadelphia roots to provide resources to the disadvantaged community he left behind.
Shuja ‘s goal is to reduce poverty and gun violence by assisting “emerging adults” (young people between the ages of 16 and 35 disconnected from school and work) with home ownership and entrepreneurship. Shuja was the 2020 Mike Lee Fellow at Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity. He has also been recognized as a "Remodeled Citizen," by the Mayor's Office of Black Male Engagement. Shuja is currently the 52nd St. Corridor Manager at The Enterprise Center.
Sean Grasso
Director of Photography
Sean is a freelance documentary and commercial cinematographer based in Philadelphia. His work has taken him around the US and abroad, collaborating with companies such as Nike, Microsoft, Costco and Ancestry. Sean’s interest in his work comes from the craft of filmmaking, the relationships that he's formed, and the ability to learn from, and be inspired by, the people he films.
During 2016-2018, Sean filmed a documentary in Oregon at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility about a group of young men running a marathon while incarcerated. Since that project, Sean has been passionate about giving a voice to those who have experienced America’s prison system.
See more of Sean’s work here.
Hunter Bartlett
Editor / Camera Operator
Hunter is an editor and cinematographer who prefers to be involved with projects that serve a larger purpose. Originally from upstate NY, he moved to Philadelphia in 2017 in pursuit of forming meaningful connections which continue to inspire his work today. His passion for Walkie's is fueled by the desire to share experiences of those who have endured extreme hardships. In the editing room, his compass is guided by the emotional responses he feels to the stories he has the privilege of sharing. Hunter's mission is to affect those same emotions in the viewers of Walkie's, in order to inspire compassion and the riddance of indifference.
See more of Hunter’s work here.