The Power of Story: Creating Empathy and Connection
Cinque Northern, Emmy-Nominated, Peabody Award-Winning director, writer and editor
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 5:30 PM EST
via YouTube Live
Co-hosted by Associate Professor Clarissa Ceglio and Digital Media and Design Students Sam Snevily and Melina Sandel
As a filmmaker Cinque Northern has witnessed the power of storytelling to shift narratives and create real world change. In this discussion he reflects on his experiences as a filmmaker and his mission to cultivate healthy collaborations and tell stories that help us see ourselves in others.
About the Speaker:
Cinque Northern (he/him) is an Emmy Nominated, Peobody award winning director, writer and editor with over twenty years of experience in documentary filmmaking. He's passionate about the intersection of storytelling, cinematic artistry and social impact. Cinque’s creative journey began as a visual artist who loved to write. He found filmmaking to be a marriage of the two and has worked on a variety of both documentary and scripted films.
Recently, Cinque directed and edited Angola Do You Hear Us? (Paramount Plus) which was shortlisted for an Academy Award. He also co-wrote, field directed, and edited the Emmy-nominated The One and Only Dick Gregory (Showtime) executive produced by Kevin Hart and Lena Waithe. Cinque co-wrote and edited the critically acclaimed My Name is Pauli Murray (AmazonStudios) with Academy Award-nominated directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen and was an editor on Descendant (Netflix). Cinque holds an MFA in filmmaking from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
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About the Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media & Design 2024 Speaker Series:
To paraphrase James Baldwin, nothing can be changed until it is faced. This is certainly true of the inequities that have historically shaped digital media content, fields, and careers. Join UConn’s Digital Media & Design department in welcoming industry professionals, artists, and media scholars from the film, design, cultural, game, and other sectors to discuss how issues of equity manifest in their work, creative processes, and professions, allowing us to reflect on how our own practice can support greater equity, diversity, and inclusion.
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