Intimate Access: Documentary Storytelling with Lauren Greenfield

With: Lauren Greenfield
Info: Oct 11 • Sat • 10:00-11:30am • Art Building Auditorium • Free • Call 956-8244 for information.
Event ID: EV009825L

Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield is considered a preeminent chronicler of youth culture as a result of her groundbreaking projects Girl Culture , Fast Forward, and THIN. At Pacific New Media, Greenfield lectures about these long-term, multi-platform projects and how they developed and evolved creatively and professionally. She discusses the sociological content of her photography as well as its educational component and use for outreach.

Her first feature-length film THIN, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO. Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Direction, Greenfield discusses her progression into video and how she currently works across multiple platforms (books, films, fine art, and internet) for creative impact and educational reach.

Her new film kids + money won the Short Audience Award at AFI Fest, the Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary and the Hugo Television Award for Social/Political Documentary. kids + money airs on HBO in December 2008.

Sponsored by Canon USA and Kaimuki Camera.