The Film Panel Notetaker

Two years ago, I visited the United Nations building for the very first time for an event to benefit renewable energy and awareness of climate change where I didn’t get to meet Leonardo DiCaprio.  My friends at IFP have alerted me to their event in which they’ve hooked up with the UN called ENVISION: Addressing Global Issues through Documentaries. The event takes place this Saturday from 9am-7pm at the TimesCenter (not at the UN, but an equally cool place). See details below.

For the second year IFP is collaborating with the United Nation’s Department of Public Information to present ENVISION – a forum uniting the filmmaking community, civil society organizations, activists, journalists, public policy makers, NGOs, and the general public in the shared goal of envisioning a better world for all and achieving impact through media. The Spotlight Focus in 2010 from the UN’s Millennium Development Goals is the goal of universal education. Screenings of Jennifer Arnold’s A Small Act (HBO Documentaries) and Davis Guggenheim’s Waiting for Superman (Paramount Vantage) will be accompanied by discussions on challenges to achieving education globally, the impact of individual action and philanthropy, and current issues around the U.S. education crisis. To purchase tickets and for details on the program, to be held Saturday, July 10 at the TimesCenter, click here. Tickets are only $25 with the code IFPENV.