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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\, My Underground Mother\, and Bonnie Rowan\, the archival researcher who helped unearth some of the buried records at the heart of Fox&rsquo\;s film. Come learn what&rsquo\;s actually in th e archive\, how to start using it for your own research\, family history\, or storytelling\, and what it looks like when that research becomes a doc umentary. Moderated by filmmaker Doug Block\, founder and co-host of The D-Word.

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< img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/lisa- warwick-headshot-1-e1789661732978.jpg" width="200" height="181" alt="" sty le="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" />Lisa Warwick is the Manager of The People&rsquo\;s Archive at DC Public Li brary. Warwick has been instrumental in enhancing reference servi ces and access to the archive. In her role as Manager\, she oversees a sta ff of eleven\; caring for DC Public Library&rsquo\;s special collections\, including the Black Studies\; Washingtoniana\; DC Punk Archive\; Go-Go Ar chive\; and Peabody Room Collections. A small sample of the collections ca n be seen online in our recently updated online repository\, \;Dig DC. Previously\, as a Coordinator\, Warwick created (and adj usted) reference workflows in 2020\, during the complex move across multip le locations into the newly renovated Martin Luther King\, Jr. Memorial Li brary. She also developed a comprehensive department manual and implemente d virtual reference options\; including collaborating across the library s ystem to establish a department-wide LibAnswers reference queue.
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Earlier in her career\, Warwick worked in academic and specialty research libraries\, including the University of Maryland and Dumbarton Oa ks Research 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.< /p>\n

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Marisa 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)\, V h1 and MTV. As a correspondent for Haaretz\, Newsday\, New York and a cont ributor to The Daily Beast\, Rolling Stone\, CNN\, Forward and The New York Times\, she has reported on major news storie s 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 genoc ide for the Women&rsquo\;s Media Center\, founded by Gloria Steinem and Ro bin Morgan\, \; was deputy editor at Billboard and InStyl e\, helped relaunch The Hollywood Reporter\, and worked on a ward-winning digital features for Hearst\, where she served as entertainme nt 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 Gabersd orf Jewish women&rsquo\;s forced labor camp\, as well as a digital exhibit of women&rsquo\;s testimonies with USC&rsquo\;s Shoah Foundation. Fox is a 2022 Jewish Film Institute resident\, won Pitch Royale at the Australian International Screen Forum and was a finalist at Paley Doc Pitch. She cut her teeth in investigative journalism as a college intern at Chicago&rsqu o\;s Better Government Association and covered foreign affairs as an inter n for the Jerusalem Post&rsquo\;s Washington\, DC bureau. She hol ds an MS and BS in Journalism and a BA in French Language &\; Literatur e from Northwestern University\, earning a National Magazine Award for her master&rsquo\;s thesis publication Arts Chicago. She is currentl y writing a book about her search for her mother&rsquo\;s missing past.

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Doug Block is a N ew York-based documentary director-producer and highly sought-after story consultant. His critically acclaimed\, multiple award-winning feature film s &mdash\; including 51 BIRCH STREET\, THE KIDS GROW UP\, and 112 WEDDINGS &mdash\; have screened at dozens of leading international film festivals and have been released theatrically and broadcast on television throughout the world.

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His popular Substack newsletter\, &ldquo\;Getting Pers onal with Doug Block\,&rdquo\; focuses on personal documentary filmmaking\ , first-person storytelling\, and producing for film. In addition\, Doug i s the founder and co-host of The D-Word\, the leading online discussion fo rum and community for documentary filmmakers worldwide. He currently serve s 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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Abou t the Double Exposure (DX) Film Festival

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On the Record: E vidence in an Age of Doubt
Alongside premieres of bold new s hort films\, the DX Public Forum brings panels\, workshops\, and conversat ions that open the tools of accountability filmmaking to all. The festival is grounded in the idea that the rights to document\, to question\, and t o demand transparency do not belong solely to journalists. The ability to film in public spaces\, to access public records\, to recognize manipulate d media&mdash\;these are shared civic tools.

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The MLK Library welco mes audiences who have felt the ground shift under what they thought they knew\, and who come seeking clarity\, context\, and a deeper understanding of how truth is made&mdash\;and unmade&mdash\;today.

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To learn mor e visit: \;https://dxfest.com/
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Join us for workshops and panels from the Double Exposure Investigative Journalism Film Festival\, presented in partnership with 10 0Reporters:
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