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Free Talk: Embodying Social Justice Values in Documentary Filmmaking through Reflection
Tuesday, February 17,
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Speaker(s): Natalie Bullock Brown
Join us for a free talk and reception with Natalie Bullock Brown, director of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) and a leading advocate for ethics‑driven, justice‑centered nonfiction storytelling.
Brown will share how her path was shaped by the liberatory visions of Marlon Riggs, bell hooks, and Angela Y. Davis, and how those influences led to the creation of DAWG's collaborative, care-centered approach to documentary ethics. Drawing from DAWG's framework From Reflection to Release, she will discuss why accountable filmmaking must center participants, reject auteur myths, and embrace justice, dignity, and collective practice, principles that guided the development of the DAWG Syllabus and continue to anchor her work.
All are welcome - students, scholars, community members and anyone interested in how documentary storytelling supports movements for justice. Refreshments will be served following the talk.
About the Speaker:
Natalie Bullock Brown is the director and co‑founder of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG), established in 2020 to transform nonfiction filmmaking through values‑based and community‑centered methodologies. DAWG's ethical framework and companion syllabus have become widely used tools across the documentary field. Natalie is also a documentary producer and emerging director, a 2023 Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center Documentary Film Fellow, and a 2023 DOC NYC New Leaders cohort member, with decades of experience in media, education, and justice‑oriented storytelling.
Continuing Education Course Opportunity:
This free talk is offered through the Duke Center for Documentary Studies Continuing Education Program. Brown will teach a Learn more here: https://rsvp.duke.edu/event/89e057b7-ee73-4b90-b3a1-b15d949ac137/summary
Brown will share how her path was shaped by the liberatory visions of Marlon Riggs, bell hooks, and Angela Y. Davis, and how those influences led to the creation of DAWG's collaborative, care-centered approach to documentary ethics. Drawing from DAWG's framework From Reflection to Release, she will discuss why accountable filmmaking must center participants, reject auteur myths, and embrace justice, dignity, and collective practice, principles that guided the development of the DAWG Syllabus and continue to anchor her work.
All are welcome - students, scholars, community members and anyone interested in how documentary storytelling supports movements for justice. Refreshments will be served following the talk.
About the Speaker:
Natalie Bullock Brown is the director and co‑founder of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG), established in 2020 to transform nonfiction filmmaking through values‑based and community‑centered methodologies. DAWG's ethical framework and companion syllabus have become widely used tools across the documentary field. Natalie is also a documentary producer and emerging director, a 2023 Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center Documentary Film Fellow, and a 2023 DOC NYC New Leaders cohort member, with decades of experience in media, education, and justice‑oriented storytelling.
Continuing Education Course Opportunity:
This free talk is offered through the Duke Center for Documentary Studies Continuing Education Program. Brown will teach a Learn more here: https://rsvp.duke.edu/event/89e057b7-ee73-4b90-b3a1-b15d949ac137/summary
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