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Opening the Book on Publishing: The Women Innovating Penguin Random House

Name: Opening the Book on Publishing: The Women Innovating Penguin Random House
Start: 2024-10-12T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-12T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Planet Word

Reading

Runtime: 60 mins

Saturday, October 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Planet Word

925 13th St. NW
Washington, DC 20002

Join a roundtable discussion on vital topics in the publishing industry with executives representing various departments of the publishing powerhouse.

Panelists:
Kim Shariff: EVP, Strategy for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Susette Brooks: Dir, Inclusive Marketing
Lara Phan: VP, of Account Marketing & Event Strategy

Moderator:
Jamia Wilson: VP & Executive Editor, Random House

Student Narrative Shorts

Student Narrative Shorts

Mon Afrique

Runtime: 4mins

Mon Afrique is an experimental student short, shot on film, that explores the experience of diaspora and longing through the journey of a hand-carved traditional African mask.

Student Narrative Shorts

The Ally

Runtime: 11mins

An energetic, young, white chick blurs the lines of black culture appreciation with appropriation, now she must avoid losing her dream job and her dignity.

Student Narrative Shorts

Anywhere the Wind Blows

Runtime: 18mins

Alex is an activist who moved from Hong Kong to the US in fear of political persecution. As he is trying to rebuild his life, his ex-boyfriend Brandon unexpectedly visits him, rekindling unresolved desires.

Student Documentary Shorts

Student Documentary Shorts

For Those That Lived There

Runtime: 6mins

Amidst the gentrified remnants of Chicago's Cabrini Green, For Those That Lived There captures the haunting displacement of Black legacies and the emergence of migrant narratives, offering an evocative exploration of a community in metamorphosis.

Student Documentary Shorts

Freedom Waders: The Struggle to Integrate Chicago’s Rainbow Beach

Runtime: 15mins

Inspired by sit-in campaigns of the South, Velma Murphy and Norman Hill organized wade-ins at Chicago's Rainbow Beach, braving mob violence.

Student Documentary Shorts

Half-Brother

Runtime: 27mins

While documenting the birth of his niece, Director William Jenkins leads a series of intimate conversations with his father and half-brother — both named Ronald — as he confronts the impacts of Ronald’s incarceration on family dynamics.

Emerging Narrative Shorts

Emerging Narrative Shorts

Fannie

Runtime: 10mins

Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gives an impassioned speech at the 1964 Democratic National Convention and a prophetic warning to America.

Emerging Narrative Shorts

Lyrical

Runtime: 18mins

A privileged, Black law student, trying to escape pressure from his dad, finds himself in a potential police violence situation.

Emerging Narrative Shorts

A Lien

Runtime: 15mins

On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.

Emerging Documentary Shorts

Emerging Documentary Shorts

“I Identify as Me”

Runtime: 10mins

Through the intimate lens of eight Black & Brown Trans, gender-diverse people, and masculine-presenting women, the social concept of gender is challenged.

Emerging Documentary Shorts

The Purpose

Runtime: 10mins

Born with a disability, a young music enthusiast is lured into a life of crime and spends a decade in jail after hanging with the wrong people. He discovers his purpose in jail: to help at-risk youth and prevent them from making the same mistakes he did.

Emerging Documentary Shorts

1001cuts

Runtime: 24mins

Explore the careers of the daughters of Title IX through the experiences of surgeons facing pervasive stereotypes and gender-based discrimination.

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