DIRECTOR'S NOTE
ADRIAN REAMEY – Chilean Adoptee & Director
I have spent my career helping tell other people’s stories. Never did I imagine that mine was one that needed to be told. But I’ve also come to learn that it’s not only my story—it’s a collective story shared by tens of thousands. The atrocity of illegal and coercive adoptions, fueled by profit and under the guise of humanitarian aid, continues to happen around the world.
As a society, when we seek babies for parents instead of seeking parents for babies in need, we create a “business” rather than prioritizing the well-being of children.
I began this journey as a grateful, but largely ignorant adoptee. Like many others, I believed the narrative I’d been told. But the deeper I dug, the more I uncovered a far more disturbing truth. This wasn’t just about adoption. It was about control, coercion, and profit. It was about exploiting women—especially poor, young, single women—who were deemed “unfit” by a system that knew they lacked the power, resources, and voices to fight back. It was never truly about saving babies. It was about selling them.
That realization changed everything for me.
"A long trajectory of oppressive and traumatic American history has shaped the practice of adoption today. It requires visiting the darkest moments in our country’s past."
Gretchen Sisson, Author of Relinquished
THE TEAM
JONATHAN T. BAKER / Executive Producer
JOEL VIERTEL / Supervising Editor
MATT RACHAMKIN / Executive Producer
Jonathan is a PGA member, Emmy-nominated producer, and GLAAD-nominated director, most recently recognized for MSNBC Films' Serving In Secret, featuring Nancy Pelosi, Pete Buttigieg, and Rachel Maddow. He produced the SXSW 2025-premiering The Dutchman (Kate Mara, Andre Holland, Zazie Beetz), The Knife (Tribeca 2024, Nnamdi Asomugha, Melissa Leo), Sylvie's Love (Amazon Studios, Sundance Audience Award, LaKeith Stanfield), and The One and Only Dick Gregory (Showtime, Tribeca, Emmy-nominated). Earlier in his career, he served as Marketing Manager at Sony Pictures, working on 10 #1 box office films including Adaption, Big Fish, and Closer.
MATT RACHAMKIN / Executive Producer
JOEL VIERTEL / Supervising Editor
MATT RACHAMKIN / Executive Producer
Matt is the Managing Director of Three Mighty Lions, LLC bringing to market stories on topics the world needs to hear. Matt is a 2-time Emmy nominated producer for Amazon Studios' jazz-era feature Sylvie's Love, which premiered at Sundance and Showtime's The One and Only Dick Gregory which premiered at Tribeca. Most recently Matt is the Executive Producer for The Dutchman which premiered at SWSW this year. Matt's latest documentary endeavor, Where The Light Enters Yo, co-directed by Academy Award-winner and Emmy Award winning editor Hemal Trivedi, is currently out on the festival circuit.
JOEL VIERTEL / Supervising Editor
JOEL VIERTEL / Supervising Editor
JOEL VIERTEL / Supervising Editor
A former Director of Creative Affairs at Paramount Pictures, Joel is co-founder of Hyphenate Films through which he produced, wrote, and edited a variety of film and television content. He co-produced The Adjustment Bureau, then produced and edited The Banker (NAACP Image Award for Best Independent Feature), Birth of the Dragon (TIFF premiere), and Elevation. With Mora Stephens, he co-wrote and produced Zipper (Sundance selection) and Conventioneers (Independent Spirit Award—John Cassavetes Award). Additional credits include Strictly Sexual, NBC's Allegiance, and content for artists like Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, P!NK.
ADRIAN REAMEY / Director
JILL TEEPLES / Producer
JOEL VIERTEL / Supervising Editor
Adrian Reamey makes her directorial debut with Hola Mamá, bringing a rare dual perspective as both subject and storyteller. Prior to stepping behind the camera, Adrian spent the last 15 years developing national campaigns across broadcast, digital and social platforms for brands such as Crepe Erase™, Sonobello, and Michael Strahan™. As a co-founder of 2 Glasses In, a female-owned development company dedicated to producing female-centric and diversified stories, she now turns her focus to documentaries—with a commitment to real stories with depth, urgency, and purpose.
AIMEE LUBRANO / Producer
JILL TEEPLES / Producer
JILL TEEPLES / Producer
Aimee is a Producer of Hola Mamá and co-founder of 2 Glasses In, with over 24 years in television and commercial production. She has written, produced, and directed multi-platform short and long-form campaigns for brands including T-Mobile™, JLO Beauty®, and Michael Strahan™, with work airing across CBS, ABC, NBC, MTV, Lifetime, and more. Aimee began her career in syndicated and daytime television (The Rachael Ray Show, Total Request Live) and later served as Creative Services Manager at Condé Nast, producing entertainment projects for Glamour and Details magazines in partnership with Miramax, The Golden Globes, and the Sundance Film Festival.
JILL TEEPLES / Producer
JILL TEEPLES / Producer
JILL TEEPLES / Producer
As Producer of Hola Mamá and co-founder of 2 Glasses In, Jill Teeples brings 27 years of masterful creative direction, visual strategy, and performance-based branding, design, and campaign development to the unscripted space. An innovative, visual-storyteller, Jill has led countless advertising, marketing, and sales initiatives for prestige, luxury, and mass global brands across categories including art, hospitality, spirits, interior design, health, wellness, beauty, lifestyle, and e-commerce. Her emotionally resonant, visually driven campaigns inform her approach to documentary filmmaking—where she brings a sharp creative eye and a strong commitment to purpose-driven storytelling.