2016 Double Exposure Catalog | Page 22

SYMPOSIUM Double Exposure combines the nation’s only investigative film festival with a professional conference. It connects investigative journalists and filmmakers with the aim of fostering collaboration and giving them access to the skills and people -- editors, producers, funders and others -- who can help bring investigative film projects to fruition. In its second edition, the festival’s Symposium will take a closer look at the most pressing issues of our day, and explore how major news stories captured on film are translated -- or generated -- in the visual realm. Panel discussions with front-line reporters and filmmakers will examine race and police conduct, prisons, the “Panama Papers” and tax havens. Other panels will tackle investigations that germinate through personal experience, navigating the terrain in the wake of privately-financed investigations, and concepts of truth in film and print-based journalism. A second track of workshops will focus on nuts-and-bolts issues, like fact checking and opportunities to hear from leading funders in this space. The Symposium this year includes “lightning talks,” where journalists and filmmakers who are working on cutting-edge projects and important new initiatives can share their work with colleagues and the public. 22 Please visit our website for more information