FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
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The quest poses an inherent challenge — to be both observer and observed, to
live in the event and simultaneously step back. The results can prove startlingly
personal and broadly illuminating at once, as singular as a fingerprint.
With moderator Carrie Lozano, journalist and independent filmmaker; Ken Dornstein,
director, MY BROTHER’S BOMBER and author of The Boy who Fell from the Sky; Kirsten
Johnson, director, CAMERAPERSON; Tennessee Watson, investigative reporter, Reveal.
11:15 - 12:45 UNLOCKING PRISON: A CASE STUDY
// HOLEMAN LOUNGE
The United States has just under five percent of the world’s population, but
accounts for nearly a quarter of the planet’s population behind bars. Since 1978,
the share of Americans in jail or prison has increased more than 400 percent.
Supermax prisons, built to hold large numbers of inmates in solitary confinement
for months or years, dot the landscape. And yet this world stands apart, a mystery
to most citizens. We’ll look at ways that different investigative storytellers have
unlocked the doors to take audiences inside lockup. How do these distinct
approaches not just reach audiences, but impact them.
With moderator Phillip Martin, WGBH Boston; Pete Earley, author, The Hot House: Life
Inside Leavenworth Prison; Kristi Jacobson, director, SOLITARY; Ed Pilkington, chief
reporter, The Guardian - 6x9 virtual reality project; Michael Schiller, executive producer,
Reveal.
1:45 - 3:00 SPILLING THE SECRETS OF SECRECY
JURISDICTIONS
// HOLEMAN LOUNGE
What do King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David
Gunnlaugsson, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the movie star Jackie
Chan have in common?
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