Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Entertainment Leaders Discuss Human Values in Hollywood Storytelling
WHAT: Internationally renowned spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar joins key members of the entertainment industry to discuss how to inspire awareness and promote human values through film, television and new media.
Their presentations will be followed by a moderated panel discussion exploring how changing the stories we see onscreen changes the stories we live as human beings.
WHO: Speakers will include:
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, global humanitarian, international peacemaker, spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation
Jeremy Kagan, a professor in the USC School of Cinematic Arts and an international and Emmy award winning director, writer and producer of feature films and television
Norman Seeff, a renowned photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on the exploration of human creativity and the inner dynamics of the creative process
Jason Pollock, writer, producer and director of the award-winning documentary “The Youngest Candidate,” the first feature documentary produced by David Letterman’s company, Worldwide Pants
WHEN: Wednesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: University of Southern California, Davidson Conference Center, Embassy Room
3415 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90089 (corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street))
MORE INFO: For more information on the event, “Close Encounters of the Screen Kind: Investigating the Role of Human Values in Hollywood Storytelling,” go to sait.usc.edu/spectrum/events_details.asp?EventID=749
Contact: USC Spectrum at (213) 740-2167 or arts@usc.edu
