<p><strong>This digital screening includes a moderated filmmaker conversation that will be on demand with the film. The conversation features director, writer and cinematographer&nbsp;Michael Barnett and producer&nbsp;Alex Schmider moderated by journalist and&nbsp;social curator&nbsp;Tre'vell Anderson.</strong></p>

<p>Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Michael Barnett’s urgent and subsuming sports documentary&nbsp;<em>Changing the Game</em>&nbsp;takes us into the lives of three high school athletes—all at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens.</p>

Changing The Game

<h3><br></h3><h3><img src="https://www.documentary.org/images/programs/screenings/2021/IDA_Documentary_Screening_Series_Changing_the_Game_Michael_Barnett.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; height: 242px; width: 200px; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"></h3><h3>Michael Barnett, Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer</h3><h3>&nbsp;</h3><p>Michael Barnett is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker focused on telling anthemic human stories at the intersections of culture, technology, civil rights and social justice. Michael’s first full-length film,&nbsp;<em>Superheroes</em>&nbsp;(HBO Documentary Films) won over a dozen film festivals, and was nominated for multiple Emmys. Other award winning films include;&nbsp;<em>Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia</em>&nbsp;(IFC and Sundance Selects),&nbsp;<em>Becoming Bulletproof</em>&nbsp;(Showtime), winner of over 25 Best Doc/Grand Jury/Audience Award prizes at film festivals around the globe, and&nbsp;<em>The Mars Generation</em>&nbsp;(Netflix Originals), one of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival opening night films and nominated for Best Science and Technology Documentary at the 2018 Emmys. Michael is a worldwide cultural diplomat with the U.S. State Department and the American Film Showcase and is the founder of SuperFilms!, a Los Angeles based production company focused on telling extraordinary stories across all media platforms.</p><h3><img src="https://www.documentary.org/images/programs/screenings/2021/IDA_Documentary_Screening_Series_Changing_the_Game_Alex%20Schmider.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; height: 242px; width: 200px; float: right; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"></h3><p><br></p><h3>Alex Schmider, Producer</h3><h3>&nbsp;</h3><p>Alex Schmider is an award-winning film producer and the Associate Director of Transgender Representation at the nation’s leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD. He is Associate Producer of the Netflix Original Documentary&nbsp;<em>DISCLOSURE</em>&nbsp;(Sundance, 2020), which examines the history of transgender representation in TV and film, and Producer of the Hulu Original Documentary&nbsp;<em>Changing The Game</em>&nbsp;(Tribeca, 2019). He runs the social media accounts and strategy for both films. Schmider was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for Media in 2017.</p>

Changing The Game Moderated Conversation with Filmmakers

Q&A with director, writer and cinematographer Michael Barnett and producer Alex Schmider, moderated by journalist and social curator Tre'vell Anderson.

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