Join us for a frank, confidential and off-the-record workshop about ethical challenges in documentary filmmaking and next steps in the field. Director / Producer of Period: The End of Menstruation, hand-some, BeauteouS: Stephanie, Producer / Associate Producer (Out in the Night and Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA) and Program Director and Professor of Film and Video Studies at George Mason University, Giovanna Chesler will discuss ethical considerations facing non-fiction storytellers. Attendees will be invited to ask questions, raise concerns, and consider real examples of common moments where filmmakers face ethical dilemmas. This workshop and conversation is intended to provide guidelines and tools.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
​​Giovanna Chesler is the Director of the Film and Video Studies Program, Associate Professor in the Communication Department, and affiliated faculty in Women and Gender Studies and Film and Media Studies at George Mason University. She teaches courses in film and video production and theory, and transmedia for social change. Giovanna is a Director and Producer of documentary and fiction film through her production company G6 Pictures. She earned an M.F.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State (with the distinction of Most Distinguished Graduate) and a B.A. from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in Anthropology (with Highest Distinction) and a minor in Women’s Studies.