Join Film Fatales for a discussion around Authentic Authorship and Ethical Storytelling with Geeta Gandbhir, Lisa Valencia-Svensson, Smriti Mundhra and Tamara Dawit Moderated by Roxy Shih, this conversation focuses on authentic authorship and the importance of filmmaker point of view. They explore issues of implicit and explicit bias, extractive storytelling, and who has "the right" to tell which stories.

Film Fatales is a 501(c)3 non profit arts organization which advocates for parity in the film industry and supports an inclusive community of over a thousand women and non-binary feature film and television directors nationwide. Film Fatales raises the visibility of marginalized directors and increases the talent pool for industry organizations, programmers and production companies looking to work with more underrepresented voices. By expanding the landscape of storytelling, Film Fatales continues to bring exciting new films to the screen. more...
Geeta Gandbhir is an award winning filmmaker and co-founder of Message Pictures. Recent credits include “The Perfect Neighbor” which premiered at Sundance in 2025 and won the Directing Award for the US Documentary Competition and was bought by Netflix, the series “Katrina: Come Hell and High Water” for Netflix, shorts "The Devil is Busy" for HBO, "Reclaimed" for Sesame Workshop, the Oscar Shortlisted film “How We Get Free” for HBO, the series "Born in Synanon" for Paramount, the series "Eyes on the Prize" for HBO, the feature doc "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power," which was nominated for the 2022 Critics Choice Award, won a 2023 SIMA Award, and won a 2023 Emmy Award. more...

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