NatGeo All Roads Film Festival

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

12 p.m. Photography Panel: Highlighting Youth Voices National Geographic magazine Senior Photo Editor, photographer Todd James, and Kirsten Elstner, director of National Geographic Photo Camp, join refugee teen photographers from Myanmar (Burma) to discuss the work and experience of youth photography.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

12:30 p.m. Live Mariachi Music in the Courtyard Lively lunchtime music! Bring your lunch and enjoy the festivities. 1:30 p.m. Film Panel: You Can Go Home Again Award-winning directors from Russia, Colombia, and the Philippines discuss the opportunities and demands that arise when a director channels a deep familiarity with place and culture to film. 3:30 p.m. Film Screening: Mariachi High Join us at the D.C. premiere of an inspiring documentary that launched this year’s PBS Summer Arts Festival series. A filmmakers’ discussion follows the screening.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

12 p.m. Film Screening: The Tundra Book: A Tale of Vukvukai, the Little Rock Watch a rare documentary about the lives of the Chukchi people, who inhabit a remote Russian peninsula in the Arctic Circle, before their livelihood vanishes forever. The film won the prestigious Nika Award from the Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Documentary in 2011. A director’s discussion follows screening. 2:30 p.m. Film Panel: Triumph or Tragedy Finding emotional balance in filmmaking between dismal and inspiring is the topic of audience discussion with three rising film directors from Tibet, Lebanon, and the U.S. 4:30 p.m. Film Screening: Burros A director's discussion and wine reception will follow the screening at the Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 17–NOVEMBER 18

12 p.m. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO CAMP AT THE ALL ROADS FILM FESTIVAL See colorful images by youth, trained by National Geographic's network of professional photographers, empowered to share their worlds, from Haiti, Chad, and Baltimore, Maryland.

All events (with the exception of Burros) take place at the National Geographic Society, 1600 M Street N.W., Washington, D.C. For more details on these free events go to nationalgeographic.com/allroads. *All the text and photos that appear in this post are from National Geographic Channel's  email updates. I just posted it here to share the information to my readers. if you want to subscribe to their newsletter, click here.