{"658503":{"#nid":"658503","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sixth Annual Global Media Festival Showcases Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe annual\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalmediafest.modlangs.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGlobal Media Festival\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;hosted by the School of Modern Languages is a critical voice for the humanities in sustainability studies at Georgia Tech. For its sixth iteration, professors across the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts organized six virtual and hybrid events from March 14 to April 19 under the theme \u0026ldquo;Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions,\u0026rdquo; corresponding to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\/goal16\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) #16\u003C\/a\u003E. The events featured three celebrated filmmakers and nine languages across 11 countries. More than 250 people from Atlanta and abroad attended.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Global Media Festival helps students become global citizens by teaching them about sustainability issues across languages and cultures,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/amanda-weiss\u0022\u003EAmanda Weiss\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor of Japanese and festival director. \u0026ldquo;By introducing students to an international group of scholars, filmmakers, and artists, we explore the diverse cultural, social, and linguistic frameworks that inform sustainability issues around the world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/sixth-annual-global-media-festival\u0022\u003ERead the entire story on the School of Modern Languages website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The events featured three celebrated filmmakers and nine languages across 11 countries. More than 250 people from Atlanta and abroad attended."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-05-25 17:05:26","changed_gmt":"2022-05-25 17:05:26","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658502":{"id":"658502","type":"image","title":"Audience members at the screening of A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga\u0027s Melanin on March 16, 2022.","body":null,"created":"1653498111","gmt_created":"2022-05-25 17:01:51","changed":"1653520144","gmt_changed":"2022-05-25 23:09:04","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249629","name":"Global Media Fest 2022 mp edits TR copyedit.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Global%20Media%20Fest%202022%20mp%20edits%20TR%20copyedit.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Global%20Media%20Fest%202022%20mp%20edits%20TR%20copyedit.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":168307,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Global%20Media%20Fest%202022%20mp%20edits%20TR%20copyedit.jpeg?itok=vzZH0Ich"}}},"media_ids":["658502"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"190678","name":"UNG 16"},{"id":"189966","name":"global media fest"},{"id":"167342","name":"School of Modern Languages"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"},{"id":"190679","name":"aissa maiga"},{"id":"190680","name":"jake wachtel"},{"id":"189975","name":"Ilker \u00c7atak"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECassidy Chreene Whittle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cwhittle9@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecwhittle9@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}