In Conversation

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  Skip Gerson
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  Maureen Gosling
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  Harrod Blank

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  Tara Ani Baghdassarian

  Workshop led by

  Tara Ani Baghdassarian is a local interdisciplinary artist and activist of Armenian descent who works with film, illustration, shadow theater, music, and other experimental media.

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  Linda Artel

  Reading led by

  former BAMPFA children’s film festival programmer

In Conversation

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  Skip Gerson
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  Maureen Gosling
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  Harrod Blank

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  Nadia Ellis

  Introduction

  Nadia Ellis, an Associate Professor in the Department of English at UC Berkeley, specializes in Black diasporic, Caribbean, and postcolonial literatures and cultures.

In Conversation

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  Maureen Gosling
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  Harrod Blank

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  David Thomson

  Lecture

  Film critic and historian David Thomson will give a fifty-minute lecture on the nature of the film noir genre prior to the film and then lead a post-screening discussion with the audience.

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  David Thomson

  Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion

In Conversation

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  Maureen Gosling
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  Gary Meyer

  Gary Meyer cofounded Landmark Theatres, starting with Berkeley’s UC Theater. He publishes EatDrinkFilms.com.
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  L. John Harris

  L. John Harris is an artist, writer, and garlic enthusiast based in Berkeley.
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  Alice Waters

  Alice Waters is a celebrated chef, restaurateur, author, and owner of Chez Panisse.

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  David Thomson

  Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion

In Person

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  Maureen Gosling
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  Jed Riffe

  Jed Riffe is the producer of The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane.
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  Nina Menéndez

  Nina Menéndez is an executive producer of The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane.

In Conversation

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  Maureen Gosling
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  Suzy Thompson

  Suzy Thompson is a musician specializing in Southern old-time, Cajun, blues, and fiddle tunes. She and Eric Thompson helped found and recorded with the award-winning California Cajun Orchestra.
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  Eric Thompson

  Eric Thompson is a guitarist who, along with Suzy Thompson, has worked with notable Cajun musicians, including Ann Savoy, Blake Miller, and Jimmy Breaux.