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Camera as Witness: Powerful Driver of Social Change
Join the Commonwealth Club World Affairs Peninsula Chapter and the Los Altos Library as Stanford University's Jasmina Bojic discusses how visual information and the medium of documentary film can have influence and impact in multiple dimensions.
An impactful film inspires awareness, empathy, and dialogue. It fosters understanding of other viewpoints and engages us in social change. International film authority Jasmina Bojic will illustrate the power of film with the short documentary Light. She will share the complexities of filming, including the risks of investigating repressive regimes, the difficulty of communicating complex situations like terrorism, and the impact of films on the people recorded. Is a filmmaker an artist, an activist, or journalist?
Stanford film educator Jasmina Bojic has produced and directed documentaries and served on numerous film festival juries. She received the UNESCO Fellini Medal and the United Nations Impact Through Film Award for her exceptional contributions to promoting human rights through the art of documentary film. She is the founder and executive director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), one of the oldest international documentary film festivals in the United States.
* This program is free and pre-registration is not required. However, the maximum capacity is 100, so arrive early to ensure a seat. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the program runs from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. If you have symptoms of illness (coughing, fever, etc.), we ask that you either stay home or wear a mask.
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