Kathy Kieliszewski
Artistic Director, Photo and Video Director, producer
Freep Film Festival, Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press Photo and Video Director Kathy Kieliszewski is a four-time National Emmy Award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. She was also part of the team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism for a series of multimedia stories that examined the difficulties and unintended consequences of fulfilling President Trump's pledge to construct a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. Her most recent films include “12th and Clairmount,” a full-length documentary that looks back at the Detroit riot of 1967, and the feature-length documentary “The Wall,” an outgrowth of the Pulitzer Prize-winning multimedia story. Kathy co-founded the Freep Film Festival, a documentary film festival in Detroit, where she serves as the festival's artistic director. She also oversees the video and photographic efforts of a staff of 12 photographers and editors at the Free Press. Before joining the Free Press as an editor, Kathy spent 10 years as a photojournalist.
Sessions in which Kathy Kieliszewski attends
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Welcome to Getting Real '18 Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Keynote: Molly Thompson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Pulling Back the Curtain
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Interactive Workshop
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Monrovia, Indiana (2018) (Sneak Peek)
- Signup required ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 3 hours
- Screening
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- What You Need To Know About Using Music In Your Film
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- A Conversation with Morgan Neville and Judd Apatow Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Conversation
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Whine Before The Wine Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Opening Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
- Documentary Audience Research Launch Breakfast
- Signup required Kimpton Everly Hotel - Ballroom
- 7:15 AM - 9:15 AM | 2 hours
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Filmmaker ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Frederick Wiseman Master Class Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
- Journalists Under Threat ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- That's a Fact!
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Presentation
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Is Short The New Feature? How Short Digital Content Can Further Your Story, Impact and Career ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Keynote: Chi-hui Yang Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Gimme Truth!
- Signup required The Montalbán - Theatre
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Game Show
9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Audience ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Broadcast Production Pipelines ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Making the Most of Mentorship ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Closing Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Closing Night Event: 35mm restoration of Salesman
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 2 hours
- Screening