Lights! Camera! Take Action!!
September 16, 2022 | 6pm-8:30pm
​Topic: Immigration
Film: The Garcia Family
Filmmaker: Emmett Williams

After a decade in television, award winning producer, writer and multimedia artist Emmett Williams started Mission Man Media, a company that has produced dozens of inspiring educational documentaries, web series, and short films around the world. He has told the story of grieving mothers who lost their sons in Brazil, produced a web series about climate change in African nations, portrayed threatened fishing communities in Alaska, documented illegal logging in the Amazon, created a Black Lives Matter web series, been part of large- scale art performances in Europe, and filmed protests from Standing Rock to Washington, DC. He has produced films for every type of organization from small nonprofits to large corporations. More on Emmett can be found here: https://www.missionmanmedia.com
​¡Luces! ¡Camera! ¡¡Acción!! 
16 de septiembre, 2022 | 6pm-8:30pm
Tema: Inmigración
Película: La Familia García
Cineasta: Emmett Williams

​Cineasta Emmett Williams, una breve biografía
Después de 10 años trabajando en televisión, el productor ganador de premios, escritor y artista en multimedia Emmet Williams empezó la Mission Man Media, una compañía que produce decenas de  documentales educacionales que causan gran inspiración, seriados de película en la web y películas de cortometraje alrededor del mundo. Sus películas cuentan historias de madres en duelo en Brasil que perdieron a sus hijos; produjo una serie de películas sobre cambios climáticos en naciones africanas; creó un seriado en la web sobre Black Lives Matter; ha sido parte de presentaciones de gran escala en Europa; y ha filmado protestas desde Standing Rock (ND y SD) hasta Washington, D.C. Además, Williams produce películas para todas las clases de organizaciones desde las pequeñas sin fines lucrativos hasta grandes corporaciones. Más informaciones sobre su trabajo se encuentran aqui: https://www.missionmanmedia.com
Panelists
Natalia Ospina, Director of Health, Equity, and Nature Accelerator: Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
https://www.brushwoodcenter.org

Celeste Flores, Director of Community Building: Mano A Mano  
https://mamfrc.org

Lesley Tenor, Program Coordinator: HACES (Hispanic American Community Education and Services)
https://www.haces.org/

Juan Carlos Arroyo: Community Member


Nonprofit Exhibitors
Mano A Mano
https://mamfrc.org/

Faith In Place
https://www.faithinplace.org/

Latino Coalition of Lake County
https://www.clulc.org/

Brushwood Center
https://www.brushwoodcenter.org/

​HACES
https://www.haces.org/
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