Film Screening Q&A’s with the Directors, Producers, & Cast Announced

SXSW EDU celebrates the power of film to explore critical topics and issues impacting education with screenings and Q&A discussions. With films tackling social impacts on domestic and international learning, peering into classrooms, and exploring the journey to becoming an educator, the film program presents an entertaining and compelling addition to SXSW EDU. We are thrilled to celebrate the screenings that will include a Q&A featuring the filmmakers, film subjects, and more, providing attendees with an opportunity to connect with the film on a personal level.

#MSDStrong Documentary

Eric Garner (Television Production & Film Teacher, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School)

Inside My Heart

Lindsay Guetschowr (Campaign Director, The Giustra Foundation)

Intelligent Lives

Torrie Dunlap (CEO, Kids Included Together (KIT))
Raquel Rosas (Employee, Mr. Gatti’s Pizza)
Lauren Gerkin (Public Policy Fellow, The Arc of Texas)
Joseph Castillo (Texas Center for Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin)
Sydney Weigand (Texas Center for Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin)

Life, Animated

Ron Suskind (Journalist, Author, Founder of The Affinity Project (TAP))

Moving Stories

Jonathan Hollander (President and Artistic Director, Battery Dance)
Mira Cook (Teaching Artist, Battery Dance)
Ahmed Abdulmajeed (International Advisory Council Member, Battery Dance)

Personal Statement

Juliane Dressner (Director/Producer/Cinematographer, Reify Films)
Christine Rodriguez (Organizer/College Student, Make the Road NY/The New School)
Naderia Hartley (Coordinator for Middle School Counseling Services, Northside Independent School District)
Steve Bumbaugh (Senior Vice President, The College Board)

Pahokee

Ivete Lucas (Director/Editor, Otis Lucas Films)

Roll Red Roll

Amber Wilson (Survivor, Student, Texas State University)

Seats at the Table

Andrew Kaufman (Lecturer, University of Virginia)

The R-Word

Frank Stephens (Actor, Author, Advocate)
Amanda Lukoff (Co-Founder, Thorough Productions)
Tim Shriver (Chairman, Special Olympics)
Soeren Palumbo (Senior Director, Global Youth Development, Special Olympics)

Unlikely

Jaye Fenderson (Director/Producer, Three Frame Media)
William F. L. Moses (Managing Director, The Kresge Foundation)
Tim Renick (Senior Vice President for Student Success, Georgia State University)
Scott Carlson (Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Ed)

SXSW EDU 2019 Film Q&A presenters (t-b, l-r) Eric Garner, Steve Bumbaugh, Ahmed Abdulmajeed, Sydney Weigand, Amanda Lukoff, and Jaye Fenderson.