Join us in a talk with the co-founder of Firelight Media, producer/writer Marcia Smith - on her work, Firelight's anniversary, the state of things and what's next for her work.

Marcia Smith [she/her], formerly president of Firelight Media, has written films alongside documentarian Stanley Nelson including: Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities; Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama; Freedom Riders; Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple; Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind; and The Murder of Emmett Till. She received a Primetime Emmy nomination and won the Writers’ Guild Award for best nonfiction writing for her work on The Murder of Emmett Till, and was honored with a 2016 Muse Award from New York Women in Film & Television, as well as the 2019 Luminary Award from BlackStar Film Festival. Marcia will also serve as the writer for Firelight’s upcoming 4-hour documentary series, Creating The New World, on the transatlantic slave trade.

Firelight Media produces documentary films, provides artistic and financial support to emerging filmmakers of color, and builds impact campaigns to connect documentaries to audiences and social justice advocates. Under her leadership, Firelight Media was honored with a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Firelight Media’s flagship Documentary Lab program has supported more than 80 emerging filmmakers over the past decade, who have premiered at festivals such as Sundance, and gone on to earn numerous festival, Peabody, and Emmy awards.

When and Where: 6 PM Thursday, Sept 25th, City College of NY, Shepard Hall, 259 Convent Avenue at 140th street, Room 290

Getting there: #1 to 137th street, ABCD to 145th Street. Accessible route: #6 to 125th St, M101 to 140th Street

Light refreshments served.  Questions to workshop@twn.org

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