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PGA: THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE POWER OF STORY
November 14, 2020 @ 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
FreeWhen:
Saturday, November 14th
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PST | 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST
The second in the ongoing UN x PGA series of workshops acknowledges World TV Day. This online event will explore how film and television producers, writers, directors, and creatives can work together with the UN to build awareness, change attitudes, and inspire action to address the climate crisis.
9:30am – PGA Welcome & Introduction
Introduction by Anne Marie Gillen, co-founder PGA SIETF
9:35am – UN Introduction, UN World Television Day & Brief on SDG’s
Introduction by Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications, United Nations
9:40am – STATE OF… Where we Stand on the Climate Crisis
Guest Speaker: Cassie Flynn, Strategic Advisor on Climate Change, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
9:50am – KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: Power of Storytelling and Media
Guest Speakers: Norman Lear and Lyn Lear
Moderator: Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications, United Nations
10:10am – PANEL 1 DEEP DIVE: How To’s & Case Studies from Fiction – Feature Films/TV Series
Guest Speakers: Craig Mazin, Creator/Writer/EP, Chernobyl
Dorothy Fortenberry, Co-Executive Producer/Writer, The Handmaid’s Tale
Andi Gitow, United Nations’ Department of Global Communications, UN Advisor to The Handmaid’s Tale
Moderator: Debbie Levin, CEO Environmental Media Association
10:40am – PANEL 2 DEEP DIVE: How To’s & Case Studies from Non-Fiction and Documentaries
Guests Speakers: Louie Psihoyos, Director, The Game Changers, The Cove, Racing Extinction
Jeff Orlowski, Director/Writer, The Social Dilemma, Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral
Moderator: Robert Rippberger
11:10am – 11:30am: Q&A / Closing
Moderated by William Nix, Chairman/CEO, Creative Projects Group