Virtual Open Doc Lab Talk: Grace Lee

Tuesday, December 07, 2021 at 12:00pm to 1:30pm

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Viewers Like Us: Documenting history, representation, and diversity in public television

Viewers Like Us, a documentary podcast and digital platform that launched in September 2021, unearths the circular history within America’s public broadcasting system, explores who gets to tell America’s multitude of stories, and envisions a future where PBS centers a true diversity of experiences and perspectives in its programming. Filmmaker and podcast producer/host Grace Lee will talk about her own timeline for co-creating Viewers Like Us with a team of reporters, editors and storytellers, and the opportunities for movement building through storytelling.

Grace Lee is a Los Angeles-based independent filmmaker whose credits include the Peabody-winning Asian Americans series as well as POV’s And She Could Be Next, both of which aired in 2020 on PBS. Other credits include the Peabody-winning American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee BoggsMakers: Women in Politics and K-TOWN’92, an interactive online project on the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest. She co-founded the Asian American Documentary Network and is a Documentary Branch member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Event Type

Conferences/Seminars/Lectures

Events By Interest

Diversity/Inclusion, Arts/Music/Film, General

Events By Audience

Public, MIT Community, Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff

Events By School

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS)

Tags

television, history, diversity, Documentary, storytelling, PBS, story, podcast, representation, public media

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http://opendoclab.mit.edu/12-7-21-gra...

Department
Open Documentary Lab
Contact Email

opendoclab-contact@mit.edu

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