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WHEN: 
OCTOBER 27, 2022
WHERE: 
HAMMER MUSEUM, LA

PROGRAM

DAY PROGRAM

  • 9:00 - 10:00 am – Registration

    Guests are invited to register to enter the event. 

  • 9:00 am – AR/VR Experience Opens - Social Impact Through New Technology

    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.

  • 9.30 am – Doors Open and Summit Seating Begins


  • 10:00 - 10:15 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks

    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

  • 10:15 - 10:40 am – FIRESIDE CHAT: The State of the State

    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? 

  • 10:40 - 10:45 am – POP-UP: Shift the Planet (Good Energy: A Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change)

    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.

  • 10:45 - 11:45 am – PANEL: Shift the Planet (Storytelling for Today’s Climate)

    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?

  • 11:45 - 11:55 am – BREAK


  • 11:55 am - 12:05 pm – POP-UP: The Migration Shift (Who Has the Right to Asylum?)

    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. 

  • 12:05 - 1:05 pm – PANEL: Shift Democracy (Freedom Under Fire)

    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.

  • 1:05 - 2:10 pm – LUNCH

    • Music by KCRW DJ Chris Douridas

    • Lunch Networking Tables

  • 2:10 - 2:15 pm – POP-UP: Shift on Stage (Who I’m From is Where I Be - Diasporic Voyaging)

    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.


  • 2:15 - 3:05 pm – PANEL: Shift on Stage (Demanding Radical Acceptance)

    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?

  • 3:05 - 3:15 pm – BREAK


  • 3:15 - 3:20 pm – POP-UP: Gender Justice (A Period Should End a Sentence, Not a Girl’s Education)

    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. 

  • 3:20 - 4:20 pm – PANEL: Protecting Civil Rights (Gender and Racial Justice)

    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.

  • 4:20 - 4:45 pm – FIRESIDE CHAT: Laughing Through the Shift

    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.

  • 4:45 pm – Closing Remarks

    Creative Visions, VP Impact Media, Megha Kadakia

EVENING PROGRAM

  • 5:00 - 6:00 pm – Cocktail & Networking Hour

    Music by KCRW DJ Novena Carmel

  • 6:10 - 6:15 pm – Welcome & Introduction to the Film: TO THE END


  • 6:15 - 7:50 pm – Los Angeles Film Premiere: TO THE END

    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.

  • 7:50 - 8:15 pm – Talkback: TO THE END

    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. 

Presented by

Creative Visions

TFT

Promise Institute


Produced by

Megha Kadakia, VP Impact Media, Creative Visions

Alica Dougherty, VP Eldon Brands, Creative Visions

Jessica Cohn


Producers

Pat Chandler, CEO, Creative Visions

Kathy Eldon, Founder, Creative Visions

Amy Eldon Turteltaub, Co-Founder, Creative Visions

Cameron Roper, Impact Media Coordinator, Creative Visions


Accounting Services provided by 

Grace Breuer, CFO, Creative Visions


Website Design & Interview Producer

Georgia Rodger, Impact Media Coordinator, Creative Visions


Graphic Designer

Jeff Baughman


Student Engagement

Jessica Burnquist, VP Impact Education

Miriam Scott, Director Impact Education


Emcee

Jon Turteltaub, Director, Cool Runnings, National Treasure


Organizing Partners – UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

Brian Kite, Interim Dean

Susan Marcona, Assistant Dean

Crystal Santana, Marketing and Communications Director

Matthew Donat, CFO and Business Operations Director


Organizing Partners – The Promise Institute

Dr. Eric Esralian, Physician, Producer, Entrepreneur

Kate Mackintosh, Executive Director

Natalie Monsanto, Communications and Development Director


Hammer Museum Team

Sara Osmen

Brennen Ogawa


AR/VR Presentations by 

Catherine Eng, OurWorlds 

Jiabao Li, Once a Glacier 

Kilma Lattin, OurWorlds

Quinn Wilson, OurWorlds

Robert Huey, OurWorlds 

Tiffany Kieran, Saltwater Collective 

AV

The Billy Wilder Theater

Phon Tran, Technical Supervisor, Video

Alex Broadwell, Projectionist

Cherlyn Liu, Projectionist

Christo Bartzokis, Audio Engineer

Gabe Saltman, Audio Engineer

Cy Krafft, Lighting Designer

Kane Lafia, Lighting Designer

Augie Calabro, Annenberg Audio


ASL Interpreters

Mara Bassani-Santamaria

Romina Mena


Live Streaming and Video Production – Live-Stream LA

Jason Arteaga

Devon DiPaolo

Scott Lehman

Wade Patterson

Elliott Samson

Avi Sills

Mary Tucker


Photography

Julie Sterling Williams, Julie Sterling Photography

Kim Fox, Kim Fox Photography


Lunchtime Streaming Content

Jon Fitzgerald

Filmocracy


Catering and Rentals

Fundamental LA


Reception Beverages

Lulus


Volunteers

Dyanne Aponte, Ashley Bell, Eda Benjakul, Kyrina Bluerose, Emmanuel Carrera, Billy Chandler, Pedro Coelho, Katie Deville, Jonathan Fambrough, Anastasia Fugger, Kathleen Hair, Emely Hardt, Meghan Hemelt, Beth Howard, Emily Karlsson, Mary-Gail King, Rebecca Pollock, Jolynn Regan, Evelyn Seubert, Jesus Zepeda


Special Thanks

Angel An, Roadside Attractions, Jacoba Atlas, Michael Bedner, Allison Begalman, Mitra Best, Kim Brizzolara, Scott Z Burns, Ozie Cargile, Marley Clements, Chris Douridas, Sierra Doxey, Geralyn Dreyfous, John Clinton Eisner, Catherine Eng, Our Worlds, Kate Langrall Folb, Reed Galen, Lincoln Project, Lucas Gansmoe, Andi Gitow, Paul Jun, Anna Jane Joyner, Tiffany Kieran, Saurabh Kikani, Grace Kiralla, Jiabao Li, Once A Glacier, Sara Miller, NLITE Media, Elliot Ordower, Daniel Ozar, Boxed Water, Heather Quiroga, Matthew Reed, Cheryl Slean, Netflix Sustainbility, Ted Schilowitz, Teri Schwartz, Christaino Terry, Ashley Underwood, Quinn Wilson, Our Worlds