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About The Event
Governors Chris Thomes and Lori H. Schwartz, along with the Interactive Media Peer Group Executive Committee, invite members to:
Disability Representation in Media
The depiction of disability in the media plays a major role in molding public perceptions. Media platforms have too often reinforced negative images and ideas about people with disabilities, directly influencing the way those individuals are treated in current society.
In response, performers and creators with disabilities, who have been consistently excluded from telling their own stories in mainstream media, are actively pursuing their own projects designed around and marketed towards audiences seeking more authentic portrayals of this community.
Emmy winners Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Actor/Producer, HITRECORD) and Jared Geller (Producer, HITRECORD)
An insightful conversation about remote collaboration and user-generated content with online media platform HITRECORD’s co-founder, actor and director, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and co-founder / President, Jared Geller, on their Emmy-winning project, âCreate Together.â
Emmy winners Brie Larson (Actress/Producer, âThe Messy Truthâ) and Elijah Allan-Blitz (Director, âThe Messy Truthâ)
Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson and Emmy-winning director Elijah Allan-Blitz share details on their Emmy-winning series, âThe Messy Truth.â With each episode based on a true story, virtual reality places the viewer in the shoes of those from other walks of life.