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We are thrilled to bring to the City College Community NBCUniversal Fellows, Academy-sponsored Documentaries, and Journalism Lunchtime Talks with Filmmakers.

March 21, 2023

Dawn Porter is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose extensive work includes: the Netflix original series Bobby Kennedy for President that premiered at Tribeca, John Lewis: Good Trouble (CNN Films), Trapped which won the special jury social-impact prize at Sundance 2016 and a Peabody and Gideons' Army (HBO) which premiered at Sundance 2013 where it won the editing award.

March 14, 2023

David Osit is the director and editor of the documentary Beyond Utopia about people fleeing North Korea, which won the Audience Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. She also directed and edited the Netflix original City of Joy (2016) and Co-Directed and Edited What I Want My Words To Do series that was broadcast on PBS' POV.

February 28, 2023

Madeleine Gavin is the director and editor of the documentary Beyond Utopia about people fleeing North Korea, which won the Audience Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. She also directed and edited the Netflix original City of Joy (2016) and Co-Directed and Edited What I Want My Words To Do series that was broadcast on PBS' POV.

April 18, 2023

Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody award-winning director, producer, and writer and the first African American director to win an Academy Award for the short film Music By Prudence. His extensive work includes: God Loves Uganda, Life Animated, The Apollo, and three projects that premiered this year Love to Love you, Donna Summer (Berlinale '23), his first scripted film Cassandro (Sundance Film Festival '23) and the Hulu series The 1619 Project.