Mock Deposition: The case of IDA vs. Marco Williams
Themes:
TransparencyJournalism
What:
Performance
When:
Thursday Sep 27
09:45 AM
to 11:15 AM
(1 hour 30 minutes)
Where:
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study -
Linwood Dunn Theater
Discussion:
2
In 2014, Getting Real took the Center for Media & Social Impact’s study Dangerous Documentaries and kicked off an ongoing conversation about documentary journalism. At the time, we debated whether filmmakers were artists or journalists, and tried to parse the distinctions. Today, we understand all too well why accuracy, facts and fairness are hallmarks of nonfiction storytelling and sacrosanct in journalism. The point is more than philosophical, however, because journalists have special protections under the law. And regardless of how you identify, documentary filmmakers are obliged to follow local, state and federal laws. Come find out what’s at stake in the riveting case of IDA vs. Marco Williams as Williams gets deposed (in other words, grilled) on the spot. Chilling, insightful, and entertaining, it will encourage you to scrutinize your every move.
Supported by Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Who's Attending
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Adam Hyman
Okapi FIlms/LA Filmforum -
Aideen Kane
VP Production, Fork Films -
Alan Adelson
Executive Director, Films for Humanity -
Alejandro Bernal
Filmmaker, Al Jazeera / Tropico Media -
Alice Burgin
CEO/Conference Director, Australian International Documentary Conference -
Alice Henty
Public Square Films -
Alice Quinlan
Director of POV Engage, POV -
Alyssa Mae
Marketing Specialist, Vision Maker Media -
amy goldstein
Director/Producer, Span Productions -
Amy Shatsky
Series Producer, Independent Lens / ITVS -
Andrea Passafiume
Program Manager/Programmer, Docs in Progress/Tribeca Film Festival -
Andrea Sosa
Director of Program Content, KLRN -
Andrea Weigl
Producer, Markay Media -
Andrés Cediel
Professor-in-Residence, UC Berkeley -
Andrew Marinkovich
DP, Just Jump Films -
Ms Angela Tucker
Founder/Filmmaker, TuckerGurl, Inc -
Ani Mercedes
Looky Looky Pictures , Impact Producer -
Ann Rose
Let's Make Things -
Anouchka van Riel
Producer, Span Productions -
Anya Rous
Producer & Head of Partnerships, Multitude Films -
Ashley York
Lady With a Movie Camera -
Ben Loeterman
Director/Producer/Writer, Ben Loeterman Productions, Inc -
Cara Mertes
Program Director, JustFilms, Ford Foundation -
Carla Gutierrez
Editor -
Carly Willsie
Program Manager, Logan Nonfiction Program at the Carey Institute -
Chelsea Hernandez
BAVC National Mediamaker Fellowship -
Chloe Walters Wallace
Firelight Media -
Chloe Gbai
POV Shorts & Streaming Producer, American Documentary | POV -
Mr Chong Zhang
Independent filmmaker, University of Southern California -
Christiane Badgley
Writer - Director - Editor -
Christie Herring
Filmmaker, New Day Films & Campaign Productions -
Cynthia Hill
Markay Media -
Dana Forsberg
Director, Storybird Productions -
Dan Sadowsky
Producer/Editor, Storymind Productions -
Daresha Kyi
Director/Producer -
Darshan Kembhavi
Video Editor, Freelance -
David France
Director, Public Square Films -
David Weinstein
Senior Program Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities -
Dawn Valadez
Producer/ Director/ Resource Wrangler -
Duong-Chi Do
Media Impact & Engagement Strategist -
Edgar Barens
Director, Feffer Films, LLC -
Edwin Martinez
Filmmaker, Nicole Films -
Elizabeth Radshaw
Industry Programs Director , Hot Docs -
Elspeth Revere
Ravenswood Consulting Group -
Emily Berger
attorney | filmmaker | activist -
Emily Hoover
Communications Coordinator , Catapult Film Fund -
Erika Cohn
Idle Wild Films -
Genéa Gaudet
Director, Girlfight Pictures -
Gordon Quinn
Co-founder, Artistic Director, Kartemquin Films -
Graham Judd
Filmmaker -
Hala Gabriel
Producer/Director, Desert Wind Productions -
Heather Tanning
Manager, Production Market Strategy, Getty Images -
Heidi Fleisher
Producer, Buyer, Consultant, D-Word co-host -
Hima B.
A-Doc -
Holly Hardman
Gobbo Films, LLC -
Igor Myakotin
Public Square Films -
Isaac Hager
ITVS -
Iyabo Boyd
Brown Girls Doc Mafia -
Jack Lerner
Attorney/Professor, UCI IP, Arts, and Tech Clinic (UC Irvine Law) -
Jason DaSilva
Filmmaker /Founder, AXS LAB INC. -
Jennifer Townsend
Director/Producer, Far Beyond Film, LLC -
Jennifer vides
PBS SoCal -
Jim Havey
Producer/Director, HaveyPro Cinema -
Joani Schultz
Producer, Group Productions -
John Gibson
Director of Television, Mississippi Public Broadcasting -
John Johns
Producer -
Jonathan Goodman Levitt
Filmmaker, Changeworx -
Jonathan Lief
Exec. Producer, 112BK and Going In with Brian Vines, BRIC TV, Brooklyn, NY -
Jordan Freeman
Director, Cinematographer, Editor -
Joseph Tovares
Independent Producer/Multimedia Strategist -
Joshua Glick
Assistant Professor of English and Film & Media, Hendrix College -
Juan Antonio Puyol
DP/Director/Producer -
Judy Korin
Producer/Director, Independent -
Juliana Penaranda-Loftus
Hidden Village Films -
JULIANA SCHATZ PRESTON
DOCUMENTALISTA -
Julie Goldman
President, Motto Pictures -
Kate Taverna
Prod/Dir/Editor, Films for Humanity -
Kathryn Lo
True Fact Films -
Kathryn Washington
Corporation for Public Broadcasting -
Katie Koskenmaki
Director of Station Relations, ITVS -
Kelly Duane de la Vega
Director, Producer, Writer, Three Frames -
Ken Jacobson
Documentary / VR Programmer, Freelance -
Ken Schneider
Producer/Director/Editor, PatchWorks Films -
Kitty Green
Filmmaker -
Kristen Fitzpatrick
Director of Distribution & Acquisition, Women Make Movies -
Kristy Guevara-fGanagan
Professor/Director, UCLA/Brown Girls Doc Mafia -
Lance Kramer
Producer, Co-Founder, Meridian Hill Pictures -
Laura Frank
VP Journalism, Rocky Mountain PBS -
Laura Nix
Director , Felt Films -
Lauren Kushner
Senior Manager, Artist Development, SFFILM -
Lucila Moctezuma
Director of Programs, Chicken & Egg Pictures -
Lyda Kuth
Executive Director, LEF Foundation -
Mandy Chang
Commissioning Editor, Storyville and Factual Acquisitions, BBC -
Marcela Toledo
Holy Toledo Productions -
Marcia Smith
Firelight Media -
Marjan Safinia
Director, Producer, Field Builder, Department of Expansion -
Marty Syjuco
Producer, Thoughtful Robot Productions -
Mary Katzke
Producer/Director, Affinityfilms, Inc. -
Meg Panlaqui
Manager of National Events, ITVS -
Michael Kinomoto
Supervising Producer, ITVS -
Mikaela Shwer
Director, Portret Films -
Mike Shum
Al Jazeera / Mike Shum Productions -
Mitch Levine
Director, AntiMatter Films -
Nadia Boctor
Encompass Films -
Nicholas Price
Reel South | UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina -
Nick Brandestini
Director, Envi Films -
Nikki Heyman
Co-Producer, American Documentary | POV -
Nora Wilkinson
ACLU -
Paco de Onís
Executive Director - Executive Producer, Skylight -
Pamela Yates
Senior Creative Director, Skylight -
Ravit Markus
Filmmaker, New Love Films -
ray santisteban
Director/Producer, Independent Filmmaker -
Ray Whitehouse
Independent Filmmaker -
Regan Brashear
Filmmaker & Impact Producer, Making Change Media / New Day Films -
Rob Jaret
Composer, Rob Jaret Music -
Rory McFadden
Assistant Editor | Associate Producer, Beti Films -
rose vincelli
Director of Operations, SVA - MFA Social Documentary Film -
Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Vespertine Films/The Engage Media Project -
Sally Fifer
President and CEO, ITVS -
sara archambault
Program Director, LEF Foundation -
Sasha Alpert
BMP FIlms -
Scott B
antennaFILMS -
Skye Fitzgerald
Nonfiction DP/Director, Spin Film -
Soumyaa Behrens
Director, Documentary Film Institute/San Francisco State University -
Stacey Woelfel
Director, Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism -
Stephanie Howard
Director/Producer, Core Issue Productions -
Sylvia Bugg
Corporation for Public Broadcasting - CPB -
Talal Jabari
Creative Producer, Capture Productions -
Theo Rigby
iNation Media -
Theresa Navarro
POV / American Documentary -
Thom Schultz
President, Group Productions -
Ursula Liang
Director/Producer, Down a Dark Stairwell / Firelight Media -
Valerie Soe
filmmaker, LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN; A-Doc -
Veronique Bernard
Independent Producer, Iliad Entertainment -
Vishal Solanki
Director, Cinematographer, vishalsolanki.com -
Will Parrinello
Producer/Director, Mill Valley Film Group -
Yasin Ali Türkeri
Istanbul Cinema Network, BSB - Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Turkey -
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