08/28/2026
We're so thrilled to announce the featured filmmakers in our Forum Keynote Conversation on October 12!
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Paradises Lost, celebrated filmmaker Joe Berlinger returns to discuss his remarkable career, along with the film trilogy that rocked the Arkansas justice system and led to the freeing of the West Memphis Three. Joe will be in conversation with the acclaimed filmmaker Allison Berg to kick off this year's Forum.
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ABOUT JOE BERLINGER: Academy Award-nominated, eight-time Emmy-nominated, and two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a pioneering force in nonfiction filmmaking for more than three decades. A recipient of Peabody, DGA, and Sundance awards, Berlinger directed landmark documentaries including BROTHER’S KEEPER, the Academy Award-nominated PARADISE LOST Trilogy, which helped lead to the release of the wrongfully convicted West Memphis Three, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, and CRUDE.
ABOUT ALLISON BERG: Allison Berg is a documentary filmmaker based in New York City whose work is distinguished by her immersive approach to storytelling and her deep engagement with the worlds of her subjects. Her films span stories as varied as witchcraft accusations in Northern Ghana in WITCHES IN EXILE, the story of New York City’s most infamous bank robber in THE DOG, the cult phenomenon of the midnight movie in TIME WARP, and the pursuit of sainthood in AMERICAN SAINT.
