Film Screening: Disruption

Speakers

• Yves Moury

  Speaker

  Founder, President & CEO, Fundación Capital

  Yves Moury is the Founder and CEO of Fundación Capital, a global organization aiming at asset-building for the poor and climate action. He has been honored as a Schwab Foundation (the sister organization of the World Economic Forum) Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Awardee. In 2017 he was also named an Ashoka Senior Fellow, and in 2014 received the Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship, a global recognition for his work in education and economic opportunities. Fundación Capital is a pioneer in systems change for economic citizenship and inclusive finance, working to help the poor access formal finance and save; grow and invest their assets; insure their families, build resilient mechanisms against climate change; and chart a permanent path out of poverty. To achieve results at scale, the organization aligns advances in public policy, market mechanisms, digital technologies and data-based impact measurement.

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• Paco de Onís

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  Executive Director, Skylight

  Paco de Onís grew up in several Latin American countries during a time of dictatorships. He is the Executive Director and Executive Producer of Skylight, a human rights media organization dedicated to creating documentary films and innovative media tools for long-term strategies to advance social and economic justice. Skylight's most recent film is "Disruption", which features the activist economists of Fundación Capital (2014 Skoll Awardee) working with economically marginalized women to challenge accepted notions of how to eradicate poverty in South America. During the past decade he has produced a series of documentary films telling transitional justice stories, along with companion interactive digital platforms: "Granito: Every Memory Matters" (to restore the collective memory of genocide in Guatemala); "IJCentral" (to promote global rule of law); "Dictator in the Dock" (a 24-webisode series on the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt); and "The Toolbox" (a curated collection of online tools to aid in social change).

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• Pamela Yates

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  Creative Director, Skylight

  Pamela Yates is a Co-founder and Creative Director of Skylight, a company dedicated to creating feature length documentary films and digital media tools that advance awareness of human rights and the quest for justice by implementing multi-year outreach campaigns designed to engage, educate and activate social change. Yates just completed Disruption a documentary that explores innovative strategies to reduce poverty through women's economic empowerment in Latin America. Disruption will be featured at a special screening at the Skoll World Forum. Her previous film Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, for which she was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship, was used as key forensic evidence in the Ríos Montt genocide trial in Guatemala. She is the Director of the Sundance Special Jury award winning When the Mountains Tremble; the Executive Producer of the Academy Award winning Witness to War; and the Director of State of Fear: The Truth About Terrorism, which has been translated into 47 languages and broadcast in 154 countries. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, The Writers Guild of America, and the Independent Documentary Association.

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• Richard Ray Perez

  Moderator

  Director, Creative Partnerships, Documentary Film Program, Sundance Institute

  “Rick” Perez oversees a portfolio of Sundance Institute strategic partnerships focused on the convergence of nonfiction filmmaking, innovative thought leadership, and themes vital to contemporary societies. These initiatives include Stories of Change, a Sundance Institute partnership with the Skoll Foundation that harnesses the power of storytelling to advance the work of leading social entrepreneurs. Mr. Perez is also a senior reviewer for the Sundance Documentary Film Fund; frequently participates as a speaker, panelist and moderator at domestic and international events focusing on non-fiction filmmaking; leads workshops on documentary storytelling; and nurtures filmmakers throughout the world, including artists traditionally underrepresented in the field of non-fiction cinema. In addition to his work at Sundance Institute, Mr. Perez executive produced and directed the feature documentary, Cesar’s Last Fast, a film about the spiritual commitment of American civil rights and labor leader Cesar E. Chavez that premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Prior to joining the Sundance staff, Mr. Perez was an executive producer at Brave New Films where he produced two documentary series and directed a third. Richard Ray Perez holds a bachelor of arts degree in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University.

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• Graham Macmillan

  Speaker

  President, Visa Foundation

  Graham Macmillan is Head of Global Philanthropy and Volunteerism at Visa where he is responsible for developing and executing Visa Foundation’s grantmaking and investing strategy worldwide. Visa Foundation seeks to support inclusive economies where individuals, businesses and communities can thrive. Through grants and investments, the Foundation prioritizes the growth of gender diverse and inclusive small and micro businesses. The Foundation also supports broader community needs and disaster response in times of crisis.

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