Film
Reel Impact: City of Ghosts
- 7:30PM
In 2014, a group of anonymous activists under the name Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently banded together after their Syrian city was taken over by ISIS, attempting to stem the tide of the terrorist group’s misinformation campaign. In this powerful and cinematic account, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land) gains startlingly personal access to this brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
Post-screening Discussion
Discussion facilitated by Darnell Moore (editor-at-large at CASSIUS/iOne Digital) with panelists including artist, journalist, and author Molly Crabapple, Syrian journalist and political activist Issam Khoury, and Kerry Paterson, communications and advocacy manager, Committee to Protect Journalists
Post-screening Discussion
Moderated by Darnell Moore, editor-at-large at CASSIUS/iOne Digital
Darnell L. Moore is the editor-at-large at CASSIUS (an iOne digital platform) and formerly a senior editor at Mic. He is co-managing editor at The Feminist Wire and writer-in-residence at the Center on African American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice at Columbia University. He is currently working on a memoir titled No Ashes In The Fire.