E-mail a friendAugust 3, 2004
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald discusses the media impact on voters' decisions. Activist Kadiatou Diallo and filmmaker Kelly Anderson explore police misconduct.
Kadiatou Diallo
Kadiatou Diallo
Kadiatou Diallo has become a national spokesperson for the struggle against racial profiling and police brutality. Her son, Amadou Diallo, is the young African man who was shot 41 times by NYPD officers in early '99. Since her tragedy, she founded the Amadou Diallo Foundation and is a frequent lecturer, donating all of her lecture proceeds to the Foundation. Diallo also co-authored, My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou.
Kelly Anderson
Filmmaker Kelly Anderson is a native of Montreal, Canada. Now a resident of New York, she teaches in Hunter College's Department of Film and Media Studies. She was the co-producer of Signal to Noise, a public TV series about America's relationship with television. With her longtime documentary partner Tami Gold, Anderson co-directed and produced PBS's P.O.V. documentary, Every Mother's Son, about the movement of mothers whose sons have been killed by the police.
Robert Greenwald
Robert Greenwald
Award-winning independent filmmaker Robert Greenwald has executive produced and/or directed more than 50 TV, miniseries and feature films. He's drawn to issue-oriented projects and his films have tackled such subjects as human rights abuse, discrimination and teenagers in prison. His most recent project, Outfoxed; Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, is the second-hottest documentary in the country. In his spare time, Greenwald serves on the board of various community organizations.