'Navalny' Screening with Oscar Winner and Alumna Diane Becker
RIT's School of Film and Animation is presenting a film screening of Navalny followed by a Q-and-A with alumna and Oscar winner Diane Becker.
Becker was a producer for Navalny, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film profiles Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist who died in a Russian prison earlier this year.
The screening and Q-and-A with Becker is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in MAGIC Spell Studios' Wegmans Theater. A reception at 5 p.m. will precede the event.
About Diane Becker
Becker is an Academy Award-winning producer and the co-founder if Fishbowl Films. In addition to an Oscar, Navalny won both the U.S. Documentary Audience Award and the Festival Favorite Award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It was also awarded a BAFTA, PGA, and DuPont.
The event is part of the Theodore Albert Viehe Endowed Lectureship in Cross-Disciplinary Studies. It is co-sponsored by RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, and School of Individualized Study.
Event Snapshot
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Who
Open to the Public
Interpreter Requested?
Yes