'Sloan Foundation is one of the very few endowed philanthropies directly supporting not just docs about climate but scripted storytelling'

Inside Philanthropy highlights@SloanPublic's multidisciplinary funding strategy & support for climate-related media
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Just wrapped the 2nd annual virtual SloanPublic Film Summit, moderated by Museum of the Moving Image! The event featured updates from 30+ Sloan award winners, a talk w/ Sloan grantee Nicholas Ma & Sloan partners like TIFF The Sundance Institute & Athena Film Festival. Thank you to all attendees!

Check out the@SloanPublic-sponsored panel at@sundancefest, hosted by Sloan partner Pioneer Works. Astrophysicist Janna Levin &@TheAcademy-nominated writer/director Jonathan Nolan discuss his past works, science in film & collaborating w/ his brother
 
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W SFFILM ED Anne Lai & directors of 3 films screening under SloanPublic banner at @sffilm: Tania Hermida of ON THE INVENTION OF SPECIES, winner of Sloan Science on Screen prize; Chewitel Edgiofor of ROBB PEACE: Nicholas Ma of MABEL w stars Lexi Perkel & Lena Josephine Marano

I'm headed to award ceremony for this year's SloanPublic SFFILM Science on Screen Prize: 'On the Invention of Species' by ⁦Tania Hermida⁩ . The film is about a young, grieving girl exploring life on the archipelago that led to Darwin's breakthrough studies on adaptation

I'm headed to a screening at SFFILM of Nicholas Ma's 'Mabel,' recipient of the 2019 SloanPublic NYU Tisch School 100K First Feature Award & 2020 Sloan Development Award at Tribeca Film Institute. The film follows a young girl who develops a close friendship with Mabel, a potted plant

My latest piece on Israel, a Passover special.
Exodus From Bibi | TIME time.com/6971700/benjam…

'... [mixes] the excitement of scientific breakthrough w/ the shock of flawed research ethics & shadows of colonialism & exploitation'
A great review in nature about the@SloanPublic EST play 'Las Borinqueñas,' about the development of the pill
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Check out the latest @SloanPublicimpact article about the Darwin Correspondence Project, a 45 year endeavor to publish all of Darwin’s letters. Sloan has been supporting@ACLS1919 & the publication of 'The Correspondence of Charles Darwin' since 1994

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“…a must-see for everyone'
 
Check out this review of the @ESTnycplay 'Las Borinqueñas,' commissioned & produced by SloanPublic. Written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano, the play follows 5 women in Puerto Rico & the development of the birth control pill
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Kudos to ⁦SloanPublic⁩ grantee ⁦The NeuroRights Foundation⁩ & ⁦Jared Genser⁩ & ⁦rafael yuste⁩ for historic passage of world’s first neuroprotection bill into law in Colorado. It covers neural data collected by consumer neurotechnology products. nytimes.com/2024/04/17/sci…

I'm headed to a preview & Q&A for the latest @SloanPublic@AmExperiencePBS doc 'Poisoned Ground,' about the toxic waste dumped in the working-class town Love Canal. The panel will feature Jamila Ephron, Carol Jones,Richard Newman & moderator@cameogeorge

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I'm headed to EST to see 'Las Borinqueñas,' a play commissioned & produced by SloanPublic. Written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano & directed by Rebecca Aparicio, the play follows five women in Puerto Rico who participate in the first-ever trial for the birth control pill

'On the Invention of Species' will be honored at this year's SFFILM Festival as part of the Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative, which also includes the world premiere of Sloan-supported film 'Mabel' by Nicholas Ma & a screening of Rob Peace by actor/director Chiwetel Ejiofor

Pleased to announce this year's @SloanPublic@SFFILM Science on Screen Prize is awarded to 'On the Invention of Species' by Tania Hermida. The film is about a young grieving girl who explores the archipelago that led to Darwin's scientific breakthroughs

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⁦Mike Strautmanis⁩ moderates a conversation between @karlrove and ⁦Jennifer Palmieri⁩ at ⁦LBJ Library⁩ that focus on finding common ground among partisans.

“Local news is so important everyone will have to find some way to pay for it or we won’t have a democracy.” ⁦John Palfrey⁩ of ⁦MacArthur Foundation⁩ on panel at ⁦LBJ Library⁩ . W ⁦Sarabeth Berman⁩ ⁦Lolly Bowean⁩ ⁦Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro⁩ & ⁦Evan Smith⁩

Headed to Day 1 SloanPublic-supported 'Trust. News. Democracy' Summit at LBJ Library for a conversation w Bob Woodward & @carlbernsteinon the role news has played in our history in fostering democracy MacArthur Foundation Press Forward

Livestream here:
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Sublime to be part of this.

⁦Maria Popova⁩ kicks off the 7th Universe in Verse on the eve of the total solar eclipse of 2024 in Austin, Texas. ⁦Simons Foundation⁩ ⁦Pioneer Works⁩ ⁦SloanPublic⁩