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Filming on the Frontlines

Filming on the Frontlines: How to Manage Risky SituationsTuesday March 24th | […]

Filming on the Frontlines: How to Manage Risky Situations
Tuesday March 24th | 6:00PM – 8:00PM | 20 Cooper Square
FREE for NYU Alumni and Students / Others please sign up through NYWIFT.org

This panel will examine the danger to filmmakers and their subjects when filming volatile situations and regions. What are the advantages and disadvantages for women filming under these circumstances? These questions and others will be explored by an esteemed panel of filmmakers who will share and discuss their experience in the field. 

Panelists:
Carol Cassidy is an independent multimedia producer focused on human rights, especially those of women and girls. (PBS, BBC, CNN, The United Nations)
Kirsten Johnson is a cinematographer with over 25 years of experience. She has traveled to over 86 countries for her work. (Citizenfour, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Farenheit 9/11)
Beth Levison is an independent producer/director and recipient of two national Emmy Awards and three Peabody Awards. (HBO, PBS, Sundance Channel, National Geographic Television)
Claire Ward is a producer and shooter for VICE News. In 2014, Ward produced interactive live streams and short documentaries from the riots and protests in Ferguson, MO. 

For full Panelist bios and information, please visit NYWIFT.

Co-sponsored by New York Women in Film and TV | News & Documentary Program