PROGRAM

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Choctaw Code Talkers 1918 VR and Indigenous Knowledge Transfer in Extended Reality 

Presented by co-director Catherine Eng and Kilma Lattin of Our Worlds

Our Worlds, SXSW 2022 EDU Launch Winner Our Worlds is a Native-backed extended reality platform providing indigenous people a unique way to share their narratives, their art, and their heritage.

Once a Glacier VR

Presented by Director Jiabao Li

Programming by Tiffany Kieran | Saltwater Collective

Once a Glacier Cannes World Film Festival, 2022 Best Virtual Reality Short. A Virtual Reality film that tells the story of a relationship between a girl and a piece of glacier, where as the girl grows up, the existence of the glacier is threatened.

Professor and Interim Dean, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Brian Kite

Physician, Producer, and Entrepreneur, Dr. Eric Esrailian

Creative Visions Founder, Kathy Eldon

Sarba Das in conversation with Rory Kennedy and Amy Redford

What does the state of documentary and narrative fiction filmmaking look like today? How do you get your stories told? What can this generation of storytellers hope for? 

Anna Jane Joyner

What is the importance of storytelling in the fight for the climate? The Good Energy Playbook is making climate storytelling a priority and streamlining connections between experts and storytellers.

Scott Z. Burns, Alex Kerry, Kate Mackintosh, Mrittika 'Mou' Sarin

Moderated by Sky Keoni Shigeoka

How can storytelling help us fall in love with our planet, be outraged about its treatment, and shock us into action?

Dr. Isabella Alexander-Nathani

Leading human rights activist Dr. Isabella Alexander-Nathani will address the critical question "Who has the right to asylum?" and highlight how factors like race and gender are playing a central role in determining the safety of those who have been forced to flee, presenting storytelling as a powerful tool to raise awareness. 

Diane Becker, Bayan Joonam, Maya May, Daniel Roher

Moderated by Falguni Lakhani-Adams

This panel will illuminate the ways democracy and freedom around the world must be protected and how we can do that from grassroots activism, media, to engaging and shifting established politics.

• Music by KCRW DJ Chris Douridas

• Lunch Networking Tables

Estella Owoimaha-Church

Learn about how EPIC (Empowering Pacific Islander Communities) implements conflict resolution strategies, restorative justice learning, and empathy to teach the next generation how to build strong communities.

Dominique Morisseau, Sylvan Oswald, Dominic Taylor

Moderated by John Clinton Eisner

Panelists will speak about their journeys from the earliest and most tentative stages of self-expression to powerful and world-moving storytelling. How do these intimate stories, shared in intimate spaces, challenge and change popular culture?

Melissa Berton and High School Students from Oakwood School

Learn about how The Pad Project used their Oscar-winning short film to raise awareness and generate funding for their mission to improve education for girls around the world. 

Yahlin Chang, Jasleen Kohli, Monique N. Matthews, Nicole Shipley

Moderated by Denise Pines

This panel will shed light on the world of reproductive justice and the ways gender and racial bias intersect in the medical field and legislative world to undermine fundamental human rights, focusing on the power of the stories we tell in shaping policy and perception.

Joy Donnell in Conversation with London Hughes

This fireside chat will lighten the day by discussing the rejuvenating and subversive power of comedy in social change movements and media.

Creative Visions, VP Impact Media, Megha Kadakia

Music by KCRW DJ Novena Carmel

Screening of the film TO THE END, directed by Rachel Lears.

Stopping the climate crisis is a question of political courage, and the clock is ticking. Over three years of turbulence and crisis, four remarkable young women from diverse background fight for a Green New Deal and ignite a historic shift in US climate politics.

Allison Begalman, Anna Jane Joyner, Rachel Lears Moderated by Shannon Thomas

Then TO THE END Talkback will focus on the making of the film, the issues raised, and how we can create further action on the ground.