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...
Director Geeta Gandbhir is an award winning filmmaker. She embarked on her career in narrative film under the guidance of Spike Lee and Sam Pollard. After working for eleven years in scripted film, collaborating with renowned figures such as the Coen Brothers, Robert Altman, and others, she transitioned into documentary filmmaking. She is currently directing a series for Netflix with Spike Lee and Samantha Knowles which is a retrospective on New Orleans post Katrina. more...

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