R261. Power, Privilege and Progress: #MeToo and the Impact on Film and Media

C121-122, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28, 2019
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm

 

This panel will address how #MeToo has forever changed the landscape of film production, criticism, and pedagogy. Five panelists all involved in some aspect of film and media – producers, writers, critics and academics – discuss recent changes in the industry and what new approaches should be taken to broaden our conversations around film and to encourage responsibility, inclusivity, healing and transformation.


Participants

Moderator:

Maureen Medved is a writer of fiction, stage, and screen, a film reviewer and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. Her writing has been published and produced internationally. Her film adaptation of her novel won a prize at the 57th Berlinale. Black Star is her second novel.

Kavelina Torres is an MFA candidate, a Sundance Native Film alum, and an Alaska Native Playwright's Program alum. Her film, Yugumalleq, is with FNX television and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. Her play, Something in The Living Room, raised funds for charity in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Andi Zeisler is a writer, editor, cultural critic, and cofounder of the feminist media nonprofit Bitch Media. Her most recent book is We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement. She works in Portland, Oregon.

Dorothy Woodend has been the film critic for The Tyee since 2004. Her work has been published in magazines, newspapers, and books across Canada and the US, as well as a number of international publications.

Maureen Bradley is a Professor at the University of Victoria and teaches screenwriting and film production. Bradley has written and directed over forty short films that have have screened at festivals around the globe. Her award-winning feature film, Two 4 One, is available in six languages on iTunes.

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