This conversation will highlight the vast
public record housed right here in Washington &mdash\; historical photogra
phs\, civic documents\, and primary sources anyone can access\, often for
free &mdash\; and what it actually takes to turn an archive into a film.&n
bsp\;Lisa Warwick\, the DC Public Library&rsquo\;
s People&rsquo\;s Archivist\, is joined by Marisa Fox\, director of Double Exposure&rsquo\;s Closing Night film\,
Lisa Warwick i
s the Manager of The People&rsquo\;s Archive at DC Public Library<
/strong>. Warwick has been instrumental in enhancing reference services an
d access to the archive. In her role as Manager\, she oversees a staff of
eleven\; caring for DC Public Library&rsquo\;s special collections\, inclu
ding the Black Studies\; Washingtoniana\; DC Punk Archive\; Go-Go Archive\
; and Peabody Room Collections. A small sample of the collections can be s
een online in our recently updated online repository\, \;Dig D
C. Previously\, as a Coordinator\, Warwick created (and adjusted)
reference workflows in 2020\, during the complex move across multiple loc
ations into the newly renovated Martin Luther King\, Jr. Memorial Library.
She also developed a comprehensive department manual and implemented virt
ual reference options\; including collaborating across the library system
to establish a department-wide LibAnswers reference queue.
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Earlier in her career\, Warwick worked in academic and specialty resear
ch libraries\, including the University of Maryland and Dumbarton Oaks Res
earch Library\, before coming to the DC Public Library in 2013. She holds
her M.A. in Information Science from the University of Maryland and a B.A.
in Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Outside of work\, she
enjoys cooking\, biking\, and reading at home with her cat\, Bruce.
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M
arisa Fox is a veteran journalist and a first-time\, awrd-winning
film director who has been a producer at FX\, Channel 13-WNET (NYC&rsquo\
;s PBS station)\, Vh1 and MTV. As a correspondent for Haaretz\, Newsday\,
New York and a contributor to The Daily Beast\, Rolling Stone\, C
NN\, Forward and The New York Times\, she has reported o
n major news stories from 9/11 to the opioid crisis\, from Charlottesville
to January 6th to October 7th. She&rsquo\;s a &ldquo\;she-source&rdquo\;
on gender and genocide for the Women&rsquo\;s Media Center\, founded by Gl
oria Steinem and Robin Morgan\, \; was deputy editor at Billboard<
/em> and InStyle\, helped relaunch The Hollywood Reporter\, and worked on award-winning digital features for Hearst\, where she se
rved as entertainment director and wrote cover stories. Fox&rsquo\;s more
than 10-year global search to uncover her late mother&rsquo\;s hidden past
led her to curate one of the only women&rsquo\;s Holocaust monuments\, at
the former Gabersdorf Jewish women&rsquo\;s forced labor camp\, as well a
s a digital exhibit of women&rsquo\;s testimonies with USC&rsquo\;s Shoah
Foundation. Fox is a 2022 Jewish Film Institute resident\, won Pitch Royal
e at the Australian International Screen Forum and was a finalist at Paley
Doc Pitch. She cut her teeth in investigative journalism as a college int
ern at Chicago&rsquo\;s Better Government Association and covered foreign
affairs as an intern for the Jerusalem Post&rsquo\;s Washington\,
DC bureau. She holds an MS and BS in Journalism and a BA in French Langua
ge &\; Literature from Northwestern University\, earning a National Mag
azine Award for her master&rsquo\;s thesis publication Arts Chicago. She is currently writing a book about her search for her mother&rsquo\
;s missing past.
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Doug Block is a New York-based documentary d irector-producer and highly sought-after story consultant. His critically acclaimed\, multiple award-winning feature films &mdash\; including 51 BIR CH STREET\, THE KIDS GROW UP\, and 112 WEDDINGS &mdash\; have screened at dozens of leading international film festivals and have been released thea trically and broadcast on television throughout the world.
\nHis pop ular Substack newsletter\, &ldquo\;Getting Personal with Doug Block\,&rdqu o\; focuses on personal documentary filmmaking\, first-person storytelling \, and producing for film. In addition\, Doug is the founder and co-host o f The D-Word\, the leading online discussion forum and community for docum entary filmmakers worldwide. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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