Thursday, October 29

SPEAKER INFO

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Cited by Indiewire as one of the “exciting trans filmmakers shaking up Hollywood”, Sam’s films explore legacy, conflict, and futures within the queer and trans communities while working towards higher ethical standards in film making. Sam’s films have been programmed by Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, CPH:DOX, MOMA PS-1, The British Film Institute, The Hammer Museum, and in hundreds of film festivals around the world. The Netflix Original Documentary, DISCLOSURE (Sundance, 2020) is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender. KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER (2014), a portrait of trans icon Kate Bornstein, was named one of the best documentaries of 2014 by The Advocate, won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, and multiple best feature film awards. Sam’s work has been supported by Ford/JustFilms, Fork Films, California Humanities, The Jerome Foundation, Perspective Fund, Threshold, IFP Film Week, Good Pitch USA/Doc Society, MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo artist residency.

Amy Scholder is a leader in independent publishing and LGBT activism. Her visionary style has brought high visibility to her authors, and has been praised for its contribution to contemporary literature and popular culture. She produces events, conferences, and festivals; and has been managing imprints in the nonprofit and independent publishing worlds for over two decades. She currently serves as president of the Board of Directors for Lambda Literary.

Tiq is currently an executive leadership and development coach at Life Labs Learning, a leading organization in workplace development that utilizes psychologically based methodologies to help executives and managers, at over 600 companies globally, transform big challenges into great opportunities. He is also a diversity and inclusion consultant and is the former Senior National Media Strategist at GLAAD. In both roles, the trainings he led and content he created centered on equity, diverse identities, and social transformation. He was a regular guest on MSNBC, CNN, and Fusion networks discussing issues related to transgender rights and gender equality. He worked in collaboration with national media outlets and social media teams to maximize impactful news coverage of LGBTQ people and people of color. He has created workshops and led discussions in partnership with Youtube, Twitter and Tumblr on the importance of inclusive leadership and talent recruitment. Tiq also consulted with dating app Tinder for the rollout or their all gender inclusive update and design, he also helped design and rollout NBC’s digital vertical NBCOUT.com, that focuses on LGBTQ issues. He has spearheaded interactive social campaigns about bridging the gap across marginalized identities with Brazilian based organization Papel & Caneta and with Magnum, the luxury ice cream company. He’s been a featured speaker at Summit, a global gathering of tech and social entrepreneurs, cultural icons and artist discussing ways to create meaningful cultural change through technology, philanthropy, art and research.

One of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for media, Alex Schmider is an award-winning filmmaker and the Associate Director of Transgender Representation at GLAAD, the nation’s leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization. At GLAAD, he advises newsrooms, brands, companies, and media-entertainment entities on how best to approach LGB and, specifically, transgender storytelling. He is the producer of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival documentary premiered Changing the Game (2019) and 2020 Sundance Film Festival feature documentary selection Disclosure (2020) which is now available globally as a Netflix Original Documentary. He runs the social media strategy and accounts for both films. Among his appearances, he has spoken on panels for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the ACLU, FOX, Freeform, Good Pitch, Google, HBO, Instagram, Mastercard, Outfest, P&G, TIFF, Tinder, Tumblr, and Viacom.

ABOUT THIS EVENT

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Join Director Sam Feder, Producer Amy Scholder, Creative Consultant Tiq Milan and Associate Producer Alex Schmider of the Netflix documentary Disclosure for this virtual discussion around select clips of the film, which explores the history of transgender representation in the film and television industry. Schmider, also the Associate Director of Transgender Representation at GLAAD, will moderate the panel. This event is co-hosted by NAMLE and the California Film Institute (CFI).

The California Film Institute (CFI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting film and media arts through the presentation of the acclaimed Mill Valley Film Festival, celebrating its 43rd year in 2020, and the annual DocLands documentary film festival; and the ongoing cultivation of the next generation of filmmakers and film lovers through CFI Education. CFI also owns and operates the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, one of the leading non-profit independent theatres in the country. Through the art of storytelling through film, CFI reaches 275,000 guests throughout the year with films and events that entertain as well as address a breadth of social, environmental and cultural issues.

The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is a professional association for educators, academics, activists, and students with a passion for understanding how the media we use and create affect our lives and the lives of others in our communities and in the world. The NAMLE vision is to help individuals of all ages develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression that they need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and active citizens in today’s world.