Virginia Film Festival: 'An Acceptable Loss'

Joe Chappelle is an executive producer/director based in Chicago. He has worked as a director and executive producer for Chicago Fire since 2011. Chappelle's previous television experience include producer/director on CSI: Miami, co-executive producer/director on The Wire, and executive producer/director on Fringe. All combined, Chappelle has produced more than 175 hours of episodic television working with Dick Wolf, David Simon, JJ Abrams, and Jerry Bruckheimer.

Barbara A. Perry is the Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies at the Miller Center, where she co-directs the Presidential Oral History Program. She has authored or edited 12 books on presidents, First Ladies, the Kennedy family, the Supreme Court, and civil rights and civil liberties. She served as a U.S. Supreme Court Fellow and has worked for both Republican and Democratic members of the Senate.

Todd S. Sechser is a faculty senior fellow at the Miller Center and the Pamela Feinour Edmonds and Franklin S. Edmonds Jr. Discovery Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and Professor of Public Policy at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Sechser's research interests include deterrence, coercive diplomacy, military technology, and nuclear security. He is coauthor of the book Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge University Press, 2017).