STORIES FROM THE FIELD: THE SECOND ANNUAL UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 22, 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. to Sunday, April 23, 10:30 a.m. -10:00 p.m.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
FULL DAY: $20 public; $15 United Nations, MCA-I members, and NSU faculty; $10 students
HALF DAY: $15 public; $12 United Nations, MCA-I members, and NSU faculty; $8 students
Two full days of film screenings, panel discussions with the filmmakers, and award presentations. Filmmakers from or contracted by agencies, offices, funds, and programs of the United Nations, and some from the general public, were invited to participate based on the theme of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. (Visit www.un.org/millenniumgoals to learn more.) The final selections are screened in Tishman Auditorium at 66 West 12 St.
Topics for the panel discussions are: The Power of Film, Saturday, April 22, 6:45 p.m. with panelists: filmmaker Brooke Goldstein, The Making of a Martyr; filmmaker John Antonelli, Global Focus: The New Environmentalists; Caroline Petit, producer, United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI); filmmaker Bob Madey, Building Trust: Stories from the Field - India. Moderator: Erika Jakubassa, filmmaker and educator; MCA-I NY Stories from the Field Festival Committee; The United Nations 60th Anniversary: Work of Change, Sunday, April 23, 3:00 p.m with panelists: Stephen Schlesinger, director, World Policy Institute, The New School; Opia Kumah, chief, Advocacy and Information Management Branch, OCHA, United Nations. Moderator: Linda Lopez, publicist and communications consultant; co-producer, Stories from the Field film festival; and The Documentary Filmmaker: Getting Distributed, Sunday, April 23, 7:00 p.m with panelists: Page Ostrow, president, Ostrow and Company; Simon Kilmurry, COO P.O.V., vice president, American Documentary; Heidi Reinberg, producer, Progeny Pictures; Kiran Khalid, reporter and producer. Moderator: Corinna Sager, producer; president MCA-I NY; co-producer, Stories from the Field film festival
For more information and a complete program, visit the festival website at www.mcainy.org/unfilm. Presented by Media Communications Association-International, New York Chapter, and the U.N. Department of Public Information in cooperation with The New School.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
FULL DAY: $20 public; $15 United Nations, MCA-I members, and NSU faculty; $10 students
HALF DAY: $15 public; $12 United Nations, MCA-I members, and NSU faculty; $8 students
Two full days of film screenings, panel discussions with the filmmakers, and award presentations. Filmmakers from or contracted by agencies, offices, funds, and programs of the United Nations, and some from the general public, were invited to participate based on the theme of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. (Visit www.un.org/millenniumgoals to learn more.) The final selections are screened in Tishman Auditorium at 66 West 12 St.
Topics for the panel discussions are: The Power of Film, Saturday, April 22, 6:45 p.m. with panelists: filmmaker Brooke Goldstein, The Making of a Martyr; filmmaker John Antonelli, Global Focus: The New Environmentalists; Caroline Petit, producer, United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI); filmmaker Bob Madey, Building Trust: Stories from the Field - India. Moderator: Erika Jakubassa, filmmaker and educator; MCA-I NY Stories from the Field Festival Committee; The United Nations 60th Anniversary: Work of Change, Sunday, April 23, 3:00 p.m with panelists: Stephen Schlesinger, director, World Policy Institute, The New School; Opia Kumah, chief, Advocacy and Information Management Branch, OCHA, United Nations. Moderator: Linda Lopez, publicist and communications consultant; co-producer, Stories from the Field film festival; and The Documentary Filmmaker: Getting Distributed, Sunday, April 23, 7:00 p.m with panelists: Page Ostrow, president, Ostrow and Company; Simon Kilmurry, COO P.O.V., vice president, American Documentary; Heidi Reinberg, producer, Progeny Pictures; Kiran Khalid, reporter and producer. Moderator: Corinna Sager, producer; president MCA-I NY; co-producer, Stories from the Field film festival
For more information and a complete program, visit the festival website at www.mcainy.org/unfilm. Presented by Media Communications Association-International, New York Chapter, and the U.N. Department of Public Information in cooperation with The New School.
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