Not Your Grandmother's Historical Doc
Historical documentaries, long seen as fodder for classroom instruction and serious cinefiles, are having a moment. Recent films have landed at just the right time, providing historical context - and motivation - for solving today’s most pressing social issues. This panel of filmmakers and impact producers will discuss the challenges and successes of campaigns that centered on a variety of issues as examined through historical stories about sexual assault and the control of women's bodies, the battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Black Panther Party, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Join us to hear lessons related to issue framing, promotional strategies and methods for creating impact that will demonstrate that historical documentaries can reach, inspire and engage diverse audiences beyond the classroom and niche film circles.
Supported by Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Sponsored by A&E Indie Films
Who's Attending
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Marcia Smith
Firelight Media -
Laura Nix
Director , Felt Films -
Caty Chattoo
Director, Center for Media & Social Impact, American University School of Communication -
Richard Berge
Filmmaker, Actual Films -
Sara Terry
Director/Producer/Cinematographer, Mobile Movies LLC -
Stacey Woelfel
Director, Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism -
Alix Blair
Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Collective of Documentary Women Cinematographers -
Adam Irving
Director / Producer / Cinematographer, Gemini Pictures -
Sara Newens
Director/Editor, Wild Pair Films -
Lisa Dare
Assistant Editor/Editor/Researcher -
Jennifer Townsend
Director/Producer, Far Beyond Film, LLC -
Sharon Wood
Director/producer/writer, Cardamom Productions -
Christiane Badgley
Writer - Director - Editor -
Meena Nanji
Producer/Director, Twende Pictures -
Jordan Melograna
CEO, Block by Block Creative -
Paco de Onís
Executive Director - Executive Producer, Skylight -
Pamela Yates
Senior Creative Director, Skylight -
Jim Havey
Producer/Director, HaveyPro Cinema -
marisa pearl
Producer/Director -
Jill Orschel
Director/Producer/Cinematographer -
Rory McFadden
Assistant Editor | Associate Producer, Beti Films -
nicole karsin
Director/ Producer , Todos Los Pueblos Productions -
Ken Schneider
Producer/Director/Editor, PatchWorks Films -
Marcia Jarmel
Director, Producer, Writer, PatchWorks Films -
Rob Jaret
Composer, Rob Jaret Music -
Thatcher Bean
Director, Cinematographer, MASS Design Group -
Jessica Schilling
Documentary Editor, Freelance -
Roberta Grossman
Producer/Director, Katahdin Productions -
Amanda Micheli
Director, Runaway Films -
Jordan Freeman
Director, Cinematographer, Editor -
Rachael Lewis-Krisky
Multimedia Manager, 2U inc. -
Christine Ryan Harland
Producer, Director, C’est Tout Films -
Tobias Janson
Producer and CEO, Story -
Chris Simon
Director/Producer, Sageland Media -
Sally Fifer
President and CEO, ITVS -
Jonathan Skurnik
Film Producer and Director, Skurnik Productions, LLC -
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
VP of Finance, Multitude Films -
Kelly Amis
Producer, Director & Editor, Loudspeaker Films -
Alysa Nahmias
Director/Producer, AJNA -
Michon Boston
Michon Boston Group Ltd -
Scott Sheppard
Director/Editor/Producer, Autorickshaw Pictures -
victoria chalk
EDITOR , A-DOC BGDM -
Inaya Graciana Yusuf
Director/Producer, The One and The Many // Slow Your Roll Films -
Leslie Tai
Director/Producer, How to Have an American Baby, Firelight Media -
Ursula Liang
Director/Producer, Down a Dark Stairwell / Independent Documentary Directors -
Nausheen Dadabhoy
Fellow, Firelight Media -
CJ Hunt
Firelight Media -
isabel alcantara
Fellow, Firelight Media -
JaTovia Gary
Firelight Media -
145 Others