November 14-15, 2022: Cornell Tech campus
November 15-18, 2022: Cornell Ithaca campus

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Special Preview Screening: NANNY, followed by Q&A discussion
An A.D. White Professors-at-Large keynote public event
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 8pm
Cornell Cinema, Willard Straight Hall

Q&A discussion, following the screening, with:
• Keri Putnam (in-person – Co-founder, ReFRAME; former CEO & Executive Director, Sundance Institute; A.D. White Professor-at-Large)
• Nikyatu Jusu (virtual – Writer & Director, NANNY; Assistant Professor in Film & Video, George Mason University)

This event is free and open to all, and is cosponsored by the Dept. of Performing and Media Arts; Cornell Tech; Cornell Cinema; American Studies Program; History of Art; and Africana Studies and Research Center.

Jusu is the second Black women director and NANNY is the first horror film to be awarded with the Sundance Grand Jury Prize (US Dramatic). NANNY will open in select theaters on November 23 and will be made available on Amazon Prime globally on December 16.

Professional Directions: Q&A with ADW-PAL Keri Putnam
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 10am
Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Moderated by Jessica Bardsley (Dept. of Performing and Media Arts) and Daniel Pfeffer (Dept. of Performing and Media Arts).
Free and open to the public and first-come, first-seated.

All events are cosponsored by the Dept. of Performing and Media Arts and Cornell Tech.

Mukti Vishvanath Khaire (Girish and Jaidev Reddy Professor of the Practice, Cornell Tech and the Johnson School) serves as faculty host.
Sabine Haenni (Chair; Associate Professor, Dept. of Performing and Media Arts) serves as faculty co-host.