BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal: Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.12// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Ical BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.1115697.field_date.0@carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu DTSTAMP:20210301T012159Z DESCRIPTION:\n What do you do when the company you work for\, and live near\ , is making you sick? Company Town is a groundbreaking investigative docum entary that tells the story of a modern day David vs. Goliath.Filmed over& nbsp\;nearly four years\, following one man’s journey to save his town. He ’s up against one of the nation’s largest paper mill and chemical plants\, Georgia-Pacific\, owned by billionaire brothers Charles Koch and David Ko ch of Koch Industries\, a company neighbors worked their entire lives for making products like\, Angel Soft\, Brawny Paper Towels\, Quilted Northern \, and Dixie paper cups. \; He galvanizes the town\, revealing untold stories of cancer and illness.\n\n\n\n Join Director\, Natalie Kottke Masoc co\, Co-Director\, \;Erica Sardarian\, Executive Producer\, David G. J ohnson\, and Producer\, Adam Paul Smith from Act 4 Entertainment for a dis cussion following the film screening.\n\n\n\n David Johnson is the founder of Act 4 Entertainment\, a filmed entertainment and new media content comp any created to inspire social action. David has executive produced The Peo ple Speak\, Angels in Exile\, and Company Town\; and produced The Man Nobo dy Knew: In Search of My Father\, CIA Spymaster William Colby. He produced the live stage musical version of American Psycho in London and on Broadw ay. Act 4 is in development on approximately twenty feature film\, televis ion\, or new media projects. David was previously senior executive vice pr esident of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Prior to MGM and he was a partner of t he law firm White &\; Case. David is a Life Trustee and former Chair of the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles. David is also a board membe r and former Chair of Public Counsel Law Center\, the nation’s largest pub lic interest pro bono law firm where\, he founded its Opportunity Under La w project. David also serves on the boards of California Institute of the Arts\, Demos\, Human Rights Watch (California)\, KCETLink\, the Smithsonia n National Board\, and the YaleSchool of Drama. He is a graduate of Yale C ollege and Harvard Law School.\n\n\n\n Natalie Kottke-MasoccoNatalie Kottke -Masocco is a documentary filmmaker\, writer\, and activist. She co- direc ted Company Town. \;Natalie learned about Crossett’s story in 2011 whi le working on the documentary Koch Brother’s Exposed. Feeling connected to the brave community’s fight for justice\, and a moral responsibility to t he people and the issue\, she dedicated five years to investigating and do cumenting the town’s fight for clean air and water\, gaining access to the community\, workers\, and a whistleblower. She received a documentary inv estigative journalism grant with The American Independent Institute in Was hington\, D.C. and she partnered with Act 4 Entertainment\, a film enterta inment company created to inspire social action. She created social impact partnerships with organizations such as\; Van Jones’s Dream Corps\, The W aterkeeper Alliance\, Ouachita Riverkeeper\, Sierra Club\, and Environment al Working Group. \;Natalie’s produced documentaries for film and tele vision\, including Netflix’s Emmy-nominated documentary series Chef’s Tabl e\, YouTube Red\, National Geographic Channel\, National Geographic’s Expl orer\, CBS\, and Comcast. She’s produced multiple award-winning feature in vestigative documentary films including\, Brave New Films: Unmanned: Ameri ca’s Drone War\, War on Whistleblowers: Free Press &\; The National Sec urity State\, and Koch Brothers Exposed. She’s produced and written digita l content on women’s rights\, voting rights\, and immigration and healthca re reform. Her passion is telling underreported stories\, shining a light on social issues. She lives and works in Los Angeles. \; \;\n\n\n \n Erica SardarianErica Sardarian is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She co-directed and \;produced Company Town. Erica received an investigati ve journalism fellowship with The American Independent Institute\, and par tnered with Act 4 Entertainment\, a film entertainment company focused on social change and well crafted stories that inspire and lead to action. Sh e began her career in digital media and television\, producing for the Tra vel Channel\, History Channel\, A&\;E\, Cooking Channel\, FX\, and Fox Movie Channel. Her experience spans from notable programs including the lo ng-running educational series Modern Marvels for the History Channel to th e investigative two-hour documentary O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes. She ha s written and directed two short films about living in New York City and r ecently directed a short documentary about loss\, healing\, and hope. &nbs p\;Erica is also the creator of Sweet Little Nothings xo\, a greeting card company whose mission is to spread love and kindness by a simple\, though tful gesture. She continues her fulfilling work telling human stories and is passionate about creating awareness and social change in the world.&nbs p\;\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n\n\n Adam Paul SmithAdam Paul Smith was born in Harar e\, Zimbabwe\, raised in South Africa during the Apartheid and now an immi grant to United States\, clearly shaping his world view\; his perspectives on politics\, activism and through his appreciation for the power of stor ytelling led him to his current role as a producer a writer and developmen t executive for Act 4 Entertainment\, a filmed entertainment and new media content company created to inspire social action. He is the creator behin d Act 4’s “What Can I Do?” social action platform\, focused on bridging th e gap between inspired audiences and meaningful action. Involved in both t he business and creative aspects on multiple narrative and unscripted proj ects\, most recently producing the feature length documentary film ‘Compan y Town’ on the issue of environmental justice in the US\, which premiered at the Los Angeles International Film Festival\, garnering national attent ion with coverage from The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\ , Newsweek\, Huffington Post. Previously he produced the award-winning fea ture documentary ‘Angels in Exile’\, about street kids of Durban\, South A frica narrated by Academy Award Winner© Charlize Theron. Prior to joining Act 4\, he worked at International Creative Management (ICM) in the Motion Picture Literary Division and then the Motion Picture Independent &\; International Department\, where he assisted with the financing\, packagin g and sales for distribution of feature films.  \;He serves on the Boa rd of International Classroom Fund (ICF) established to provide vulnerable children around the world access to education\, with a current focus on t he Maasai in Tanzania. Adam has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administrat ion and continues his education at UCLA in filmmaking and story. \;\n \n\n\n  \;\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180424T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180424T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20180420T162044Z LOCATION:Rubenstein 306\, HKS\, 79 JFK Street\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion: Company Town URL;TYPE=URI:https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/film-screening-and-di scussion-company-town END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR