Double Expos ure\, a project of the investigative news organization \;100Report ers\, celebrates the finest new films inspired by the investigative instin ct. It combines film screenings for the public with a professional symposi um for journalists and visual storytellers.
\nMoving towards its ten th edition\, DX \;does more than just identify and celebrate a new gen re of filmmaking. It casts this vital body of work toward recognition as a coherent artistic vision. It connects audience appreciation for creative output to the rights of reporters and filmmakers to pursue investigations in the public interest\; it ties stirrings of artistic curiosity to practi cal consequences and groundbreaking storytelling to policy changes.
\n< p>Click the links below to learn more about the other festival shorts show ings at the MLK Library during the Double Exposure Film Festival.\nFriday\, November 8 th\, 2024\, Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival
\nSaturday\, November 9th\, 2024\, Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival
\nSunday\, November 10th\, 2024 \, Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival
\nFor rea sonable accommodations\, please contact the Center for Accessibility at 20 2-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@dc.gov. For ASL or tactile interpretation\, pleas e allow at least seven (7) days notice.
\n\nThe siren call of the ivory-billed woodpecker lures a New York base d tantric sex teacher into the swamps of the American South on a 17-year j ourney to prove the mythic bird still exists. Along the way\, he finds a t endril of hope in the face of climate change.
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Andy Sarjahani is an Iranian-American documentary filmmaker and ci
nematographer raised in a working class community outside the Arkansas Oza
rks. He is interested in people\, our relationship to place\, and how that
shapes our worldview. His work focuses on human ecology\, the natural wor
ld\, class\, the American South and the experience of the Iranian diaspora
\, separately and when they overlap. His recent cinematography credits inc
lude Academy Award-nominated \;The Barber of Little Rock \;(The Ne
w Yorker\, 2024)\, \;Southern Storytellers \;(PBS\, 2023)\, and&nb
sp\;Untitled Brent Renaud Documentary \;(HBO\, post-production).
His recent Director credits include \;The Smallest Power \;(Sun dance\, 2024)\; \;Wild Hogs and Saffron \;(Best Short Documentary &ndash\; River Run Film Festival\, 2024)\; \;American Grail: A Quest f or the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker \;(Big Sky Doc Fest\, 2024)\, and \ ;Black Ag \;(Blackstar Film Festival\, 2024). \;
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How to Sue the Kl
anHow to Sue the Klan is the story of how five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case\, fighting to hold them accountable for their crimes and bring justice to their community. Their victory set a legal precedent that continues to inspire the ongoing fight against organized hate.
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of a StoryUsing family films of her young and beautiful mother a nd the not entirely reliable account of her father\, the director begins t o piece together a story of her deceased mother's life. (From Reel South.)
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Chilean-American Filmmaker graduated fr
om the University of Chile based in the US. Was the \;Director of Phot
ography for &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;m still here&rdquo\; (Hot Docs 2017)\, &ldquo
\;La Huella en el Agua&rdquo\; (Femcine 2020)\, &ldquo\;The Dance of the S
wans&rdquo\;. Selected \;for Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires (2017\, Ar
gentina) and for Castello Errante Residenza (Rome\, Italy\, 2020). Former
International Producer of CinemaChile\, the promotion agency of the Chilea
n Audiovisual industry abroad\, having attended and participated in numero
us Film Festivals and markets such as Marche du Film de Cannes\, Berlinale
\, Biennale di Venezia\, TIFF\, Mipcom\, Mipcancun\, among others.
Currently residing in Atlanta\, GA\, working in Cinematography and Post-p roduction for Nine Realms Creative\, developing content for local projects and agencies and working in films\, as well as distributing &ldquo\;Prelu de of a Story&rdquo\;\, her first documentary short film that has had a su ccessful festival run starting with the World Premiere at LALIFF Los Angel es Latino Film Festival (Hollywood\, CA\, 2023) FEST New Directors New Fil ms Festival (Portugal\, 2023)\, SANFIC (Jury Special Mention\, Chile\, 202 3)\, FIDBA (Bs As Argentina\, 2023)\, Atlanta Film Festival (Jury Special Mention)\, NFMLA 2024 Best Documentary Short Nominee\, ANTOFACINE (Best In ternational Short\, Youth Jury Award\, Chile) among many others. Also she is in the final stage of the script of her first documentary feature film &ldquo\;The Witch Old Story&rdquo\; (Script Atelier Berlinale Talents Buen os Aires\, Conecta Regiones\, SANFIC Lab\, Lab Proceso de Error) a coming of age essay about womanhood\, as well as writing a narrative feature base d on a true story and filming a documentary project on prison reform in At lanta with the National Incarceration Association.
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Expression of IllnessAfter a routine follow up appointment\, Bryn learns her treatment isn&rsquo\;t over. What begins as a solo investigation into the thoroughness of her healthcare\, evolves int o a larger re-imagining of the metrics we use to measure our well-being an d the importance of community in healing.
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Bryn (she/her) is an Emmy nominated filmmaker based
in Louisville\, KY. She is drawn to stories that explore myth making and s
elf-determination. She was recently named one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 Ne
w Faces of Independent Film. Her latest film \;Expression of Illness\,
follows her experience with thyroid cancer and will premiere at Double Ex
posure Film Festival. Recently\, she produced Imani Dennison&rsquo\;s
\;The People Could Fly \;(Blackstar\, New Orleans Film Festival\, DOC
NYC 2024) and Katrina Sorrentino&rsquo\;s \;Tidal \;(DOC NYC 2023.
) She was also an associate producer and editor on \;Beekeeper\, \
;which was nominated for a 2023 Emmy. \;She is currently producing Nav
een Chaubal&rsquo\;s \;Pinball\, \;an ITVS co-production that has
been supported by the Sundance Film Institute\, CAAM\, the New Orleans Fil
m Society\, Just Films\, the Southern Documentary Fund and others. She is
also producing Riley Hooper&rsquo\;s \;Vestibule \;along with Cait
lin Mae Burke\, \;where she won the 2024 Points North Pitch and the 20
23 Ji.hlava New Visions Forum. She was a field producer on \;Under G-d
\;(Sundance\, 2023) and an editor on \;This World is Not My Own&n
bsp\;(SXSW\, 2023.) She was a story producer on \;Amend: The Fight for
America\, \;a Netflix documentary series about the impact of the 14th
Amendment. She is a Southern Producers&rsquo\; Lab alum with the New Orle
ans Film Society and one of four selected to participate in the Oxford Fil
m Festival Female Filmmaker Retreat. She graduated from the production tra
ck at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is an Associate Programmer for
the Tribeca Festival. She is a proud board member of the Documentary Produ
cers&rsquo\;s Alliance.