Guest Speakers

Several of this year’s films will feature guest speakers immediately following the film.

Rev. Carl L. Washington, III | Thursday, April 3rd

Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

Rev. Carl L. Washington, III is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently the Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Nyack, New York. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the College of New Rochelle, possessing a Bachelor of Science Degree with a focus in Sociology and a Yale University graduate having completed the Master of Divinity Degree with a focus in systematic theology. Rev. Washington is very active in the community and serves in several organizations within Rockland County. Rev. Washington is the Executive Director of Nyack, New York Housing Authority. He is the 2nd Vice President of the NAACP of Nyack. He is also working with several organizations locally and nationally to advance African Americans in this country.

Gary Hochman | Tuesday, April 22nd

Deadly Deception at Sobibor

Documentary filmmaker and journalist Gary Hochman is the Managing Director of Changing Minds Productions in North Haven, CT. For 40 years, Gary worked as a producer, director and writer of national and international productions at Nebraska’s Public Television Network, part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Gary has produced and directed documentaries in the United States, South America, Europe, and Antarctica for PBS, the NOVA science series, Discovery Channel, and museums. His films specialize in history, science, and the arts.

In Poland, he established the Sobibor Documentation Project in cooperation with the Sobibor Excavations.

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