Election Day - Symposium and Film Screening with Visiting Filmmaker Katy Chevigny

January 31, 4:00 PM

4:00 pm - 9 pm, see details for locations of all events

Is our country’s election machinery ready for the 2008 presidential election?

Join us for a FREE panel discussion and film screening of Election Day, the new film by Spring 2008 Visiting Filmmaker Katy Chevigny, Executive Director of Arts Engine and founder of Big Mouth Productions.

WHEN: Thurs., Jan. 31

Event Schedule
* 4-6:30pm - Panel Discussion and Reception (Butler Board Room, Mary Graydon Center). Panelists include:

• Rosemary Rodriguez, Chair, United States Election Assistance Commission
  
• Jamin Raskin, Maryland State Senator
  
• Katy Chevigny, Director, Election Day and Executive Director of Arts Engine
  
• Dr. Robert Pastor, Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Election Management and Executive Director of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform
  
• Edward A. Hailes, Jr., Senior Attorney, Advancement Project
  
• Sen. Diane Feinstein,* U.S. Senator from California
  * invited
  

* 7-9pm - Screening of Election Day (Abramson Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center) followed by a Q&A session with Election Day director Katy Chevigny.

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About Election Day:
Election Day follows an eclectic group of voters over one day, namely Election Day 2004, from the early morning until well after midnight. Capturing people from all walks of life, including an ex-felon voting for the first time at age 50 and a factory worker debating gay marriage with his co-workers, the film presents a glimpse of the real life stories that lie underneath the complex electoral process.

Katy Chevigny - Bio:
Katy brings 15 years experience as a documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur and nonprofit manager to Arts Engine, Inc. Katy founded Arts Engine, Inc. and its predecessor Big Mouth Productions. Most recently, she directed the film Election Day (2007) which premiered at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in March 2007. Election Day takes a vérité approach to American voting. It backs away from two-party combat in favor of what men and women on the street do on their quadrennial day of destiny—November 2, 2004. Election Day is currently on festival tour and will air on public television in 2008. Katy also co-directed Deadline (2004), an Emmy-nominated documentary about the dramatic events that took place in Illinois in 2003 concerning capital punishment. The film aired on NBC in July 2004 and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Katy is currently producing The Dishes, about bare-knuckle band-making in Chicago, and has produced many award-winning documentaries at Arts Engine, including: Arctic Son, Nuyorican Dream, Innocent Until Proven Guilty and Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption Today.