Caregiving
3:15 - 4:15 pm
Movie Screening and Presentation
Chris Durrance, Director and Senior Producer of the Caregiving Documentary for WETA, and Producer at Ark Media and Tom Chiodo, Executive Producer of the Caregiving Documentary for WETA, and Executive Producer for Special Projects / National Productions
From the filmmakers behind The Gene: An Intimate History, and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, executive producer Bradley Cooper, and the producers at Ark Media, Lea Pictures, and WETA Washington, D.C., present Caregiving. This documentary frames the day-to-day realities of paid and unpaid caregivers in the United States by following a diverse group of caregivers who share personal stories. Weaving in history and context, it also follows people on the frontlines of the caregiving movement, as they fight to give caregivers the same safety, security, and support they provide for so many others. Caregiving reveals the state — and the stakes — of care in America, during an unprecedented moment in which there is an opportunity to transform our country’s caregiving system into one that works for us all.
Hors d'oeuvres, Cash Bar, Harp Music
4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and music by Rose Abernethy.
Personality Crash: Portraits of My Father Who Suffered From Advanced Stages of Parkison's Disease, Dementia and Sundowners Syndrome
By: Safi Alia Shabaik
Personality Crash: Portraits of My Father Who Suffered from Advanced Stages of Parkinson's Disease, Dementia and Sundowners Syndrome examines the human condition when altered by disease, from an intimate perspective. The work presents the artist’s personal story, but also serves as a universal reminder of what it means to be human. It is an exploration of loss – their father’s loss of autonomy and self, and their own loss of the father she’d known her whole life. This is a testament to the power of love and family bonds in the face of adversity.