Co-presented with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University
Screening will feature a pre-recorded discussion with the co-directors Malaika Vaz and Nitye Sood, moderated by Maggie Burnette Stogner (Executive Director, The Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University).
Pre-recorded conversation between filmmakers Malaika Vaz and Nitye Sood and Maggie Burnette Stogner (Executive Director, The Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University).
Malaika Vaz is a National Geographic Explorer, TV Presenter and wildlife filmmaker. She hosts, directs and produces documentaries on the environment and wildlife conservation. Her past work has aired on television networks like Nat Geo Wild, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Al Jazeera. Malaika's most recent TV series Living with Predators focuses on the frontline communities who protect India's Big Cats in the most extraordinary circumstances. She is passionate about creating policy impact in the field of wildlife conservation, and collaborates with conservation organisations like WildAid and the Wildlife Trust of India on anti-trafficking investigations and campaigns.
Nitye Sood is a Green-Oscar nominated wildlife filmmaker and cinematographer. Nitye has worked on a wide range of global broadcast productions for National Geographic, Animal Planet, Netflix, the BBC and Al Jazeera. In more recent years he has turned his attention to creating films that can inspire conservation action and tangible change on the ground. He recently filmed a TV series focused on the remarkable coexistence between local communities and India's Big Cats titled Living with Predators, that is currently airing on Nat Geo Wild.
Maggie Burnette Stogner is the Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking (www.environmentalfilm.org) and a professor of Film and Media Arts. She brings over 30 years of filmmaking experience to the Center and to the classroom. During her nine years at National Geographic, she produced, directed and wrote numerous documentaries, and was senior producer of the award-winning weekly programs Explorer and Ultimate Explorer. In 2005, she launched Blue Bear Films (www.bluebearfilms.com) and continued to direct, produce and write internationally broadcast documentaries such as “Gold Mountain” (2016) and independent films such as “In the Executioner’s Shadow” (2017/18). She also produces films and immersive media for world-touring cultural and anthropological exhibitions for National Geographic, the Smithsonian, LucasFilms, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and others. Her award-winning work includes two King Tut exhibitions; The Greeks; Real Pirates; Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures; Indiana Jones and Adventure of Archaeology; and Roads of Arabia.
- Year2021
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorDCEFF
Co-presented with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University
Screening will feature a pre-recorded discussion with the co-directors Malaika Vaz and Nitye Sood, moderated by Maggie Burnette Stogner (Executive Director, The Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University).
Pre-recorded conversation between filmmakers Malaika Vaz and Nitye Sood and Maggie Burnette Stogner (Executive Director, The Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University).
Malaika Vaz is a National Geographic Explorer, TV Presenter and wildlife filmmaker. She hosts, directs and produces documentaries on the environment and wildlife conservation. Her past work has aired on television networks like Nat Geo Wild, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Al Jazeera. Malaika's most recent TV series Living with Predators focuses on the frontline communities who protect India's Big Cats in the most extraordinary circumstances. She is passionate about creating policy impact in the field of wildlife conservation, and collaborates with conservation organisations like WildAid and the Wildlife Trust of India on anti-trafficking investigations and campaigns.
Nitye Sood is a Green-Oscar nominated wildlife filmmaker and cinematographer. Nitye has worked on a wide range of global broadcast productions for National Geographic, Animal Planet, Netflix, the BBC and Al Jazeera. In more recent years he has turned his attention to creating films that can inspire conservation action and tangible change on the ground. He recently filmed a TV series focused on the remarkable coexistence between local communities and India's Big Cats titled Living with Predators, that is currently airing on Nat Geo Wild.
Maggie Burnette Stogner is the Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking (www.environmentalfilm.org) and a professor of Film and Media Arts. She brings over 30 years of filmmaking experience to the Center and to the classroom. During her nine years at National Geographic, she produced, directed and wrote numerous documentaries, and was senior producer of the award-winning weekly programs Explorer and Ultimate Explorer. In 2005, she launched Blue Bear Films (www.bluebearfilms.com) and continued to direct, produce and write internationally broadcast documentaries such as “Gold Mountain” (2016) and independent films such as “In the Executioner’s Shadow” (2017/18). She also produces films and immersive media for world-touring cultural and anthropological exhibitions for National Geographic, the Smithsonian, LucasFilms, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and others. Her award-winning work includes two King Tut exhibitions; The Greeks; Real Pirates; Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures; Indiana Jones and Adventure of Archaeology; and Roads of Arabia.
- Year2021
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorDCEFF
