The FREE SPEECH FILM FESTIVALTM culminates in a multimedia FREE SPEECH AWARD CEREMONY that features well-known artists, scholars, writers, and civic leaders speaking about what Free Speech means to them, in addition to showcasing American INSIGHT’s final FREE SPEECH AWARD-winning film and its filmmakers. Past speakers include:
Bob Craig, Jazz Host, WRTI, Philadelphia, introduced “Smooth Jazz,” while hosting a Sunday morning show on WMGK in Boston
Karen Curry, Former NBC News London Bureau Chief and CNN New York Bureau Chief
Gregory Harvey, Esq, Senior Counsel, Montgomery McCracken, Philadelphia, awarded the Judge Learned Hand Human Relations Award of the American Jewish Committee
Abby Huntsman, American television personality and co-host of The Cycle on MSNBC; political commentator for ABC News in Washington, D.C., and Good Morning America in New York City
Mary Anne Huntsman, a classical pianist who has performed throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia
David Kilgour, human rights defender, author, former lawyer and Canadian politician, remains continuously vocal on many human rights violations around the world
Richard Negrin, Deputy Mayor of Administration and Coordination and Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia
Joseph Ohayon, Producer/ Director of “Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview, “ is a filmmaker, writer and speaker based in Israel and New York
Michael Perlman, Producer/ Executive Producer of “Free China: The Courage to Believe,” is an Amnesty International official Artist For Amnesty
Reggie Shuford, Executive Director, ACLU Philadelphia
Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of New America; University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
Tanya Steinberg, President & CEO, International House Philadelphia; Treasurer, International Houses WorldWide
C.K. Williams, American poet, critic and translator who has won nearly every major poetry award
Kean Wong, Producer/ Executive Producer “Free China: The Courage to Believe,” human rights activist, TV host, founder of Parigon Partners, a strategy and marketing consulting firm
Samuel Zhou, Deputy Director, Global Internet Freedom Consortium
Discover more at: https://www.americaninsight.org/archives/