Upcoming Panel Discussion: "A Taxi Driver" Post Film Screening
I’ve been invited to speak after a screening of the 2017 South Korean film “A Taxi Driver” by the Gateway Korea Foundation on Thursday, May 19, 2022. In this movie based on a true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens revolting. I’ve been told that my contribution would be to talk about my experience of "bearing witness" to the events that I’ve covered as a journalist and documentarian.
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Upcoming Panel Discussion: Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées) @ Webster University
I’ve been invited by the Alliance Française de St. Louis and the Centre Francophone at Webster University to be part of a panel discussion entitled, “Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées): Saint Louis” on the main campus of Webster University. The subject of the discussion is “Where is the Lou Headed: Between the Pandemic and the War”. I’ll be one of at least 11 people of various professional backgrounds trying to wrestle this subject as we give our views from our given perspectives.
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Upcoming Live Hosting/Announcing: University of Missouri - St. Louis Spring 2022 Commencement Services
I’ve been asked to be an announcer and reader of names for the Spring 2022 Commencement Services for my alma mater, the University of Missouri - St. Louis over the weekend of May 14th & 15th. Looks like I’ll be getting dressed up in academic regalia and trying to minimize the butchering the names of newly minted graduates!
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