Amy Goodman to Moderate Oscar Special Story Leads to Action
[Source: Chicken & Egg Pictures, February 7, 2012]
Story Leads to Action
A monthly series featuring Chicken & Egg/Working Films' filmmakers coming together with strategic advocates, educators and you, the audience, to brainstorm and "design" on-the-spot community/audience engagement strategies for their films.
This February: In honor of the 2012 Oscar Season:
The War Room (1993)
directed by Chris Hegedus & D. A. Pennebaker
produced by Chicken & Egg Co-Founder Wendy Ettinger, R. J. Cutler, & Frazer Pennebaker
Thursday, February 16th at 7:00 PM at 92Y Tribeca
In honor of the 2012 Oscar season — just in time for Super Tuesday and in celebration of the Criterion Collection DVD release of the now classic documentary, Story Leads to Action presents the 1993 Academy Award-nominated The War Room, directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker. After the screening there will be a discussion with director Chris Hegedus and award-winning journalist, executive producer, and host of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman.
With the 2012 general election essentially "tomorrow," what better time to explore the social, political, game-changing impact of The War Room — behind and in front of the camera, and in current war rooms today.
The 1992 presidential election was a triumph not only for Bill Clinton but also for the new breed of strategists who guided him to the White House — and changed the face of politics in the process. For this thrilling, behind-closed-doors account of that campaign, renowned cinema verité filmmakers Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker captured the brainstorming and bull sessions of Clinton’s crack team of consultants — especially James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, who became media stars in their own right as they injected a savvy, youthful spirit and spontaneity into the process of campaigning. Fleet-footed and entertaining, The War Room is a vivid document of a political moment whose truths (“It’s the economy, stupid!”) still ring in our ears.
Tickets are $12 - Click here to purchase tickets.
92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013
92Y Tribeca's cafe has an array of food and refreshments for your pre-event delight.
Coming Up on Story Leads to Action:
March 15th: Work-in-progress screening of A Quiet Inquisition in honor of Women's History Month. A doctor must choose between breaking the law or breaking everything she stands for. This is the reality of living in one of the six countries in the world where the termination of any pregnancy, regardless of a threat to the woman's life, is illegal and actively prosecuted.
April 19th: Selects from Green Shall Overcome in conjunction with Earth Day. Follows the controversial environmental activist Van Jones and his dream for America: a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Handpicked by the Obama administration to help create a new energy policy for the nation, his vision collides with the partisan politics of Washington.
Click here for a full line-up for the 2011 - 2012 series.
