Date: August 2016

Event Summary:

Title: Story of Women's Empowerment Through Media: The Role of Producers

Date: 20 March 2018
 
Venue: United Nations Headquarters, New York 
 
Speakers: 

Nanette Braun, gender and media expert and Chief of Communications Campaigns Service at the UN Department of Global Communications

Date: October 2010

Venue: Los Angeles

Event Summary:

At an intimate forum hosted by the Writers Guild of America (West) in October 2010, scriptwriters from Hollywood had a unique opportunity to meet with UN staff working on the frontlines of tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues. Three staff members working in Haiti, Thailand and Sudan shared their experiences and offered insights into the work of the UN in areas such as humanitarian relief, peacekeeping and combating human trafficking.

Title: Screening of feature documentary Blood Brother

Date: April 2013

Venue: Directors Guild of America Theatre

Speaker: Steve Hoover, director

Lead Actors: Rocky Braat, Steve Hoover

Synopsis:

Date: 5 April 2018

Event: Women with Autism in Film – Keep the Change, part of the annual UN observance of World Autism Awareness Day

Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York

Speakers:

Samantha Elisofon, Actress

Rachel Israel, Director

Aubrie Therrien, Executive Artistic Director, Epic Players

Heidi Landis, Psychotherapist licensed in Creative Arts Therapy (moderator)

Synopsis:

Date: February 2010. 2011

Venue: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Speakers:

Neal Baer, Executive Producer and Showrunner of Law & Order: SVU

Maria Bello, Actor and Human Rights Activist

Don Cheadle, Actor

Michael Douglas, Actor

Terry George, Director

Djimon Hounsou, Actor and Activist

Larry King, former CNN anchor

Edward Norton, Actor

Julia Ormond, Actor and Founder/President of the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking