Sunday, April 27, 2008

THE ROLE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM & ALTERNATIVE MEDIA IN POLICY AND POLITICS

Panel discussion on Tuesday:

A panel discussion brought to you by the Media PIC and sponsored by The Shorenstein Center, Harvard University.
A DIFFERENT LENS:
THE ROLE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM & ALTERNATIVE MEDIA IN POLICY AND POLITICS
Tuesday, April 29th at 6pm
Littauer-382
The Kennedy School of Government
Panelists:
Ben Achtenberg
Shamir Allibhai
John Ewing
Laurel Greenberg

Laurel Greenberg is an independent documentary filmmaker whose feature documentaries "94 Years and 1 Nursing Home Later" (1999) and "Trouble in Paradise" (2004) have won awards and been shown in film festivals nationwide and on PBS.
John Ewing is a digital media artist who creates activist public art with an emphasis on community participation. He spent two years in El Salvador using the arts to organize and inspire dialogue about human rights.
Shamir Allibhai is Producer and Director of the broadcast documentary AN ISLAMIC CONSCIENCE: the Aga Khan and the Ismailis (2008).
Ben Achtenberg, an Oscar-nominated producer and distributor of documentary films related to healthcare, mental health, and aging, is President of Fanlight Productions & Project Director and Producer of Refuge.

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