BEFF Ignites: WJFF Fundraiser – Good Night And Good Luck (2005) + Panel Discussion

Join us for a 20th Anniversary screening of Good Night And Good Luck (2005), to highlight and celebrate an important non-profit in our community: WJFF. The screening will be followed by a journalism panel discussion.

$10 from each ticket sold will be donated to WJFF Radio Catskill.

Panelists:

Pete Madden is an award-winning investigative producer, reporter and editor. He is a senior producer for ABC World News with David Muir and managing editor of First Amendment Watch, a nonprofit project housed at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. He is the recipient of two Edward R. Murrow Awards and a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the Columbia Journalism School. https://x.com/pamadden

Elizabeth Hope Williams is a documentary filmmaker for PBS/Frontline.  Coming from a collaborative theatrical background, her interests lie in language, movement, and imagery to communicate a narrative of shared human experience and truth.  Past films include: Syria After Assad, China, the U.S. and the Rise of Xi Jinping and America and the Taliban.  She is currently working on a film about PFAS, the “Forever Chemicals.” https://www.instagram.com/elizabethhopewilliams

Steve Yaccino is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer and journalist who previously worked at The New York Times and Bloomberg. His documentary series include  “The Murdochs: Empire of Influence,” which was named one of the best TV shows of 2022 by The New Yorker; “Giuliani: What Happened to America’s Mayor,” which was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Politics; and “Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man,” a collaboration with The New Yorker that is now available on Prime