Spotlight: Creating Social Impact Through Storytelling with Jeff Orlowski and Larissa Rhodes (THE SOCIAL DILEMMA)
About this Spotlight
Spotlight Events feature conversations with high-profile film and television industry professionals who share helpful advice and insights on their career experiences and creative processes. Check out some of our inspiring chats with Patty Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Brit Marling, Jason Blum and more.
As independent storytellers we strive to create films that entertain, enlighten and deepen understanding around important social issues. Join award-winning filmmakers Jeff Orlowski (CHASING CORAL, CHASING ICE) and Larissa Rhodes (CHASING CORAL) for a vibrant discussion around their newest film, THE SOCIAL DILEMMA and the impact campaign that is being rolled out to help fuel fundamental change in society. As filmmakers who aim to address social issues, Jeff and Larissa will review what impact campaigns are, how they can amplify your film’s message, when they are necessary, and how to build an impact campaign around your film. We will also discuss how to know when you’ve found the right subject for your next film and the unique challenges posed by blending documentary and narrative formats.
To learn more about THE SOCIAL DILEMMA and its impact campaign visit https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/take-action/.
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Jeff Orlowski
Advisor
Jeff Orlowski is the director, producer, and cinematographer of the award-winning films Chasing Coral and Chasing Ice. In 2017, Chasing Coral received the US Documentary Audience Award at Sundance, and in 2018 won a Peabody Award. Chasing Ice received the Documentary Cinematography award at Sundance in 2012 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Both films won an Emmy award, were shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, screened at Congress and the United Nations, and have many other awards and accolades from film festivals around the globe.
Orlowski founded Exposure Labs, a production company dedicated to impact through film. Exposure Labs has done extensive impact campaigns with their films, for which they received the 2016 BritDoc Impact Award and the 2018 the Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award. Orlowski was the inaugural Sundance Discovery Impact Fellow, received the United Nations Champion of the Earth Award, and holds two Guinness Book World Records. He also served as Producer on the 2015 film Frame By Frame.
He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with many plants that his roommate helps to keep alive.
Larissa Rhodes
Advisor
Larissa Rhodes is a filmmaker and the Head of Creative Development at Exposure Labs, where she develops projects that are environmentally and socially minded. She produced the Sundance, Peabody, and Emmy award-winning film, CHASING CORAL, a feature film following a team of adventurers working to reveal how the oceans are changing. THE SOCIAL DILEMMA is her latest producing project, which had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Rhodes previously worked on the Emmy® Award-winning documentary, CHASING ICE. She holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University and a BFA & BA from the University of Colorado in Film Studies and International Spanish for the Professions.