Whitney Dow, director and producer of Whiteness Project: Inside the White/Caucasian Box, will join our Twitter #docchat this Wednesday, October 22, 2014 from 1 PM ET (10 AM PT) to 2 PM ET (11 AM PT), taking your questions about tackling the taboo subject of race in America and the response to his online documentary.
Whitney Dow is an award-winning filmmaker who has spent the last 18 years producing and directing documentaries about race, including Two Towns of Jasper, a landmark 2003 POV documentary that examined race in the aftermath of the shocking murder of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, Texas, which he co-directed with Marco Williams.
Ask Whitney a question by posting to Twitter with the hashtags #docchat and/or #WhitenessProject.
Here is an overview of the #docchat event:
When: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 1-2 PM ET. If you can’t make it, you can send in your questions ahead of time using the hashtags #docchat and/or #WhitenessProject, or in a comment below.
Who: Whitney Dow, the director and producer of Whiteness Project: Inside the White/Caucasian Box, will be tweeting from @whitneybdow. POV Digital will be moderating from @povdocs.
How: To submit a question, send a tweet with the hashtag #docchat or #WhitenessProject from an active Twitter account or leave a comment below if you don’t have an account. To follow the conversation, search the hashtag #docchat on Twitter. You can also bookmark this post and return after October 22, 2014 for a recap.
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