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DAUK Film Committee : Engagement Education and Collaboration

Film ilm Commit ittee: Our Miss ission an and Rol

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Engagement, Education and Collaboration

• Screen documentaries on a wide range of US

political, economic and social issues;

• Organize informative and lively after-screening

discussions led by filmmakers, experts and activists;

• Provide information and resources about the

issues the film raises;

• Collaborate with other DAUK Committees to

engage a wide range of members and to build the DAUK community.

Highlights from our Film Nights

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Inside Obama’s Whit ite House. . Mar arch 2016

Screening of The Brainwashing of My Dad May 2017

• A full house –

attentive and appalled

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dissection of the power and impact of right- wing media in the USA.

And then engages in a very informative and lively discussion with

• Professor Charlie Beckett,

Director of Polis, London School of Economics, joins Karin Robinson, social media strategist, former DAUK Vice- Chair and Executive Committee member, with Susan Schoenfeld Harrington, former DAUK Vice-Chair and current Executive Committee member serving as the engaging chair.

• Photo by Adrienne Johnson

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Ewen MacAskill, Guardian journalist, and Robert Carolina, cyber-security expert, debate the issues in a riveting discussion chaired by Stephanie Stewart, from DAUK.

We collaborated with the Women’s Caucus on the screening of Trapped in December 2016

• This powerful film addressed

the impact of Targeted Regulation of Abortion providers on women’s access to abortion and healthcare.

• Followed by a presentation of

in-depth information on this and wider issues, related to women’s healthcare in the USA. Christa Bosch, then Chair of the Women’s Caucus Legislative Committee, and a member of the DAUK Executive Committee was one of the presenters.

Screening of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy March 2017

• Herman Rothberger,

founder of the Film Committee, meets Greg Palast, investigative journalist and filmmaker.

Photo by Adrienne Johnson

The screening of The Case Against 8 June 2015

• Bob Ravelli, then Chair of the DAUK

LGBT Caucus, discusses with Brandon Perlberg the history of the struggle for marriage equality.

• Three days later, the Supreme Court

ruled that that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

• And yes, we planned the Film Night

around the date of the expected ruling!

Mar arch 2018 Fil ilm Nig ight : : Dolo lores

And your questions were: Who is Dolores Huerta? Why do we not know more about her? But now we know the answers! This Film Night was organized in collaboration with the Women’s Caucus and the Policy Network Identities Group

Apr pril il 11 11 20 2018 18 Lynn nn No Novic vick was in conversation with Mick Gold about her co-production of The Vietnam War PBS documentary series

Lynn Novick is an Emmy and Peabody award- winning documentary filmmaker. For nearly 30 years, she has been directing and producing films about American history and culture with Ken Burns, including some of the most acclaimed and top-rated documentaries to have aired on PBS. Her films include PROHIBITION, BASEBALL, JAZZ, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, THE WAR (About WWII) and THE VIETNAM WAR. Mick Gold is an award-winning documentary

• filmmaker. We previewed his episode of

Inside Obama’s White House in 2016, and held an after-screening discussion with him and the Brook-Lapping team headed by Norma Percy.

April il 12, , 2019 Fil ilm Nig ight : : RBG

Watch this uplifting and inspiring documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg with other DAUK members. Stay to discuss her impact on the law and how and why she became a popular icon. This Film Night is organized in collaboration with the Women’s Caucus.

Film ilm Commit ittee: What we do

• Research and preview a lot of films – good and bad!
• Develop good relationships with filmmakers and

distributors

• Discover and negotiate with film distributors the

license to screen

• Research and reach out to potential speakers
• Research and produce information on the film and its

issues for printed Briefing Notes and the web-based film page www.daukpan.org.uk/Films

• Arrange all the logistics for the event: for example,

venues, check-in, and in collaboration with DAUK teams: budgeting, promotion, ticket booking

The Film ilm Com

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ittee needs and welc lcomes new mem embers

Contact us and join this long-established but innovative DAUK Committee. We have been holding Film Nights for over 15 years. Make fantastic Film Nights happen in 2019 and beyond! Contact us films@democratsabroad.org.uk

The Film ilm Commit ittee Team am

Elizabeth Block, Siera Burtrum, Elaine Capizzi (Chair), Kathryn Fuller, Bob Gould, Courtney Hagen, Adrienne Johnson, Roz KennyBirch, Nancy Rossi, Herman Rothberger, Magda Walter