March 24, 2021
Un(re)solved: A Producer’s Deep Dive with Raney Aronson-Rath and Dawn Porter
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Join The Gotham for a conversation with executive producers Raney Aronson-Rath and Dawn Porter

Overview

George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. In 2020, their names were chanted in streets all across America. But before them there were others. This is the story of a list of cold cases being investigated by the FBI.

 Un(re)solved tells the stories of who they were, who they left behind, and why justice has remained elusive. The multiplatform project produced by FRONTLINE consists of a web-based interactive experience, serialized podcast, touring augmented-reality installation, documentary, and companion education curriculum for high schools and universities. 

Join The Gotham for a conversation with executive producers Raney Aronson-Rath and Dawn Porter as they discuss telling stories of cultural magnitude, how they work with teams across formats, the integration of the creative vision, storytelling focus, and functionality of the various content areas across the project, and much more.

 

Panelists

Raney Aronson-Rath
Raney Aronson-Rath is the executive producer of FRONTLINE, PBS’ flagship investigative journalism series, and a leading voice on the future of journalism. Aronson-Rath oversees FRONTLINE’s acclaimed reporting on air and online and directs the series’ editorial vision, executive producing over 20 documentaries each year on critical issues facing the country and world. Under her leadership, FRONTLINE has earned two Oscar nominations, and has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including Peabody Awards, Emmy Awards, an Institutional Peabody Award, and the first Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Gold Baton awarded in a decade.

Dawn Porter
Dawn Porter is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared on HBO, PBS, Discovery, and Netflix among others. She is currently directing and executive producing an Apple TV multi-part documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, which focuses on both mental illness and mental well-being. Other current projects include the documentary Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain which explores Vernon Jordan’s rise from the segregated South to become one of the most influential African American thought leaders in America; John Lewis: Good Trouble for CNN Films, which explores late Congressman John Lewis’ pivotal role in the Civil Rights movement and decades of political and social activism on important issues including voting rights, immigration laws, and much more. A two-time Sundance festival Director, her film Trapped won the special jury social-impact prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in addition to a Peabody and numerous other awards. Dawn has been commissioned to create films for the Center for Investigative Reporting, Time and Essence Magazines, The New York Times Op Docs, and Amazon. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Directors Guild of America.

Date & Time

Wednesday, March 24, 2021
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

Location

Virtual Online

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