BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:War\, Justice\, and Democracy in ANDOR: A STAR WARS STORY – Part I X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260609T081349Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50657585074420 DTSTART:20251013T000000Z DTEND:20251013T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Admission is free.\n\nRSVP\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nA Screening and Con versation with Andor Creator/Executive Producer Tony Gilroy\nHosted by Lui s Moreno Ocampo and Ted Braun\n\nFeaturing screenings of Andor Season 2 - Episode 7: Messenger (44 min.) and Episode 8: Who Are You? (50 min.)\n\nA story about revolution\, Andor focuses on Cassian Andor’s journey to dis cover the difference he can make in the galaxy. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how diverse pe oples and worlds became involved. It is an era filled with danger\, decept ion\, and intrigue where Cassian embarks on the path that is destined to t urn him into a rebel hero.\n\nThis event is presented as part of a series of screenings and conversations that brings together writers and producers who have collaborated with SCA alumnus George Lucas to create one of the most important expressions of global popular culture of all time. Founding Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo a nd Joseph Campbell Endowed Chair in Cinematic Ethics Ted Braun examine how the Star Wars films and series created by George Lucas have explored\, ar ticulated\, and shaped global ideas of war\, justice\, and democracy in th e 21st century.\n\nGuest Bios:\n\nTony Gilroy (Creator\, Writer\, Executiv e Producer\, Showrunner) is the creator of Lucasfilm’s critically acclai med series ANDOR\, which premiered its second season on Disney+ in April 2 025 and garnered 14 Emmy Award nominations including Gilroy’s two nomina tions in Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Original Music and Lyric s. The Peabody Award–winning first season premiered in 2022 and was nomi nated for eight Emmy Awards\, including Outstanding Drama Series.\n\nLuis Moreno Ocampo was the Founding Chief Prosecutor of the new and permanent I nternational Criminal Court (2003–12). There are seven documentaries pre senting parts of his work at the ICC\, including Darfur Now and Kony 2012. Previously\, he had a critical role during the transition to democracy in Argentina. He was Deputy Prosecutor in the trial against the "Military Ju nta\," a case depicted in the Amazon production\, Argentina 1985\, a 2023 Academy Award nominee for Best International Feature Film and the 2023 Gol den Globe winner.\n\nWriter-director Ted Braun is a School of Cinematic Ar ts professor and the Joseph Campbell Endowed Chair in Cinematic Ethics. Hi s feature documentary\, ¡Viva Maestro!\, about conductor Gustavo Dudamel\ , was nominated for the WGA award for best feature documentary of 2022 and is streaming on HBO MAX. Set against violence and unrest in Dudamel’s h ome of Venezuela the film is an exploration of art in a time of political crisis. It’s his second film with Participant which co-financed his feat ure debut Darfur Now. Darfur Now was named one of 2007’s top five docume ntaries by the National Board of Review and the Broadcast Critics and won the NAACP Image Award for best feature documentary and the International D ocumentary Association’s Emerging Filmmaker Award.\n\nRelated Event:\nWa r\, Justice\, and Democracy in ANDOR: A STAR WARS STORY - Part II\nMonday\ , October 13\, at 7 p.m.\nNorris Cinema Theatre\nFor more info\, click HER E.\n\nPresented by USC Visions and Voices and the USC School of Cinematic Arts in partnership with Disney+. GEO:34.021716;-118.284507 LOCATION:Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) SUMMARY:War\, Justice\, and Democracy in ANDOR: A STAR WARS STORY – Part I URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/war-justice-and-democracy-in-a ndor-a-star-wars-story CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Film Screening CATEGORIES:Event Highlights END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR