Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium

Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium Double Exposure is the only festival in the country at the crossroads of investigative reporting and visual storytelling.

The eight edition of Double Exposure, the nation's first Investigative Film Festival and Symposium, will take place in Washington, DC, and online October 13-16, 2022.

The people who care for our aging parents, our disabled neighbors, our most vulnerable — a quarter to a third of them ar...
06/18/2026

The people who care for our aging parents, our disabled neighbors, our most vulnerable — a quarter to a third of them are immigrants. When ICE swept through Minneapolis last fall, many of them stopped coming to work. Not because they were detained. Because they were afraid to leave their homes.

In this first episode of The Long Game podcast, we talk to Ai-jen Poo — the MacArthur Genius Fellow who has spent twenty-five years fighting for those workers — about what's happening on the ground right now, and about the unexpected bet she's making: that Hollywood films can change what organizing alone hasn't been able to.

"Love is the lifeblood of caregiving," she says. "We just haven't been paying attention."

This one will stay with you.

Listen free: djschemo.substack.com

What would life look like if planets could think? What if they could speak to us? What if they could read our minds?HYPE...
06/03/2026

What would life look like if planets could think? What if they could speak to us? What if they could read our minds?

HYPEROBJECT is a groundbreaking experience that blends live performance, artificial intelligence, wearable neurotechnology, and interactive media to explore the evolving relationship between human intelligence, AI, and planetary intelligence.

Created, written, and directed by award-winning filmmaker and Johns Hopkins University professor Graham Sack in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team from JHU, HYPEROBJECT premieres TOMORROW at 7:00 PM at the JHU Bloomberg Center.

Don't miss this immersive and thought-provoking piece! Free tickets available: https://hyperobject.thundertix.com/events/264846?only_one=true

Content warning: This post discusses su***de and death/dying.Last year, Double Exposure hosted the U.S. premiere of POIS...
06/03/2026

Content warning: This post discusses su***de and death/dying.

Last year, Double Exposure hosted the U.S. premiere of POISONED, directed by Joy Ash with reporting by James Beal.

In POISONED, Ash draws from Beal’s landmark investigation in The Sunday Times and a companion podcast, which exposed a global operation to sell poison to people experiencing suicidal thoughts—many of them young—and the devastating impacts on families across continents. POISONED offers a timely portrait of how digital platforms and international borders create new dangers and disconnects—a new fault line shaping the world and society’s struggle to regulate and respond.

Last week, Kenneth Law pleaded guilty in Ontario to 14 counts of aiding su***de. The deal shelved his prosecution for murder in Canada and the U.K. Law’s sentencing is scheduled for September.

Facts via CBC news.


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NEXT WEEK!Democracy on Screen returns to DC with a can’t-miss screening of Words of War. Directed by James Strong and st...
05/01/2026

NEXT WEEK!

Democracy on Screen returns to DC with a can’t-miss screening of Words of War.

Directed by James Strong and starring Maxine Peake, the film brings to life the story of fearless journalist Anna Politkovskaya who exposed atrocities during the Chechen Wars and fought relentlessly for an independent press.

Stay after the film for an in-person conversation with Mark Maxey, Emmy award-winning producer and executive at Rolling Pictures, and Paul Beckett, senior editor at The Atlantic.

RSVP today! https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/democracy-on-screen-words-of-war

Stories That Matter™ is BACK and this screening is not to be missed!Join us next Thursday, April 30 at 6:30 PM at the Jo...
04/22/2026

Stories That Matter™ is BACK and this screening is not to be missed!

Join us next Thursday, April 30 at 6:30 PM at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center for a special screening of Deepfaking Sam Altman, a witty, mind-bending documentary directed by Emmy-nominated Adam Bhala Lough and produced by Emmy-winner Luke Kelly-Clyne.

What starts as a playful exploration of AI quickly spirals into a hilarious (and slightly terrifying) look at the ethical and legal chaos it can unleash.

Stick around after the film for an exclusive panel featuring:
- Director Adam Bhala Lough
- Producer Luke Kelly-Clyne
- Noel King (Vox's Today, Explained, former NPR Morning Edition & Up First)

Moderated by Sig Libowitz, Director of the JHU Graduate Film & Media Program, this event is supported by the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival.

Spots are limited - RSVP today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stories-that-matter-film-screening-of-deepfaking-sam-altman-tickets-1986940257798?aff=DoubleExposureFilmFestival

Stories That Matter™ is BACK and this screening is not to be missed!Join us next Thursday, April 30 at 6:30 PM at the JH...
04/22/2026

Stories That Matter™ is BACK and this screening is not to be missed!

Join us next Thursday, April 30 at 6:30 PM at the JHU Bloomberg Center for a special screening of Deepfaking Sam Altman, a witty, mind-bending documentary directed by Emmy-nominated Adam Bhala Lough and produced by Emmy-winner Luke Kelly-Clyne.

What starts as a playful exploration of AI quickly spirals into a hilarious (and slightly terrifying) look at the ethical and legal chaos it can unleash.

Stick around after the film for an exclusive panel featuring:
- Director Adam Bhala Lough
- Producer Luke Kelly-Clyne
- Noel King (Vox’s Today, Explained, former NPR Morning Edition & Up First)

Moderated by Sig Libowitz, Director of the JHU Graduate Film & Media Program, this event is supported by the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival.

Spots are limited—RSVP at the link in our bio! 🔗

04/06/2026

JOIN US TOMORROW, April 7 at 6PM ET!

Don't miss a special screening of Bombshell—a gripping documentary that uncovers how the U.S. government shaped the public narrative around the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki… and how courageous journalists worked to challenge and expose it.

Presented by The Stanley Center's Developing Story Project in partnership with American University and George Washington University, this FREE event brings an essential story to the big screen. After screening last year at Double Exposure and premiering on American Experience | PBS in January, Bombshell is now touring nationwide.

Stick around after the film for an exclusive discussion + Q&A with director Ben Loeterman and producer Gaia De Simoni.

RSVP today: https://web.cvent.com/event/85b1c625-051b-45fa-b27c-0493bb50be16/regProcessStep1! And don't forget to visit: dxfest.com/dx2-fog-of-falsehood to hear more from the filmmakers.

A quiet heaviness spread through the theater when someone in the audience asked for anyone who had either lost someone t...
03/26/2026

A quiet heaviness spread through the theater when someone in the audience asked for anyone who had either lost someone to gun violence or had been a victim of it themselves to raise their hand.

Dozens of hands reached into the air.

School shootings are a tragedy that is entirely preventable. That’s exactly why we need incredible filmmakers like Oscar-winning Josh Seftel, and stories like All The Empty Rooms, to help us understand exactly what’s at stake: the lives of our children.

Special thanks to Josh Seftel, Cass Crifasi, Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Mia Tretta, survivor of two school shootings and an inspiring advocate for ending gun violence.

Thank you to Stories That Matter, moderator Sig Libowitz, and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center for organizing this critical conversation.

Visit Everytown for Gun Safety to get involved in the fight against gun violence. And don’t forget to watch All the Empty Rooms, now streaming on Netflix.

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