Join this exciting conversation with filmmakers who have tackled basic income through a variety of lenses and approaches and hear more about the process of getting their films made, their hopes and goals for their films as agents for change, and the next steps for their films. Filmmakers include: Chris Panizzon, producer of Inherent Good, Conrad Shaw of producer and director of Bootstraps, and Hazel Gurland-Pooler, director of Storming Caesars Palace.

Chris Panizzon, producer of Inherent Good

Producer of more than 20 films, including Inherent Good, the first US documentary film focused on UBI and its impact on individuals and communities.

Conrad is a New York-based film and stage actor and screenwriter. He is a graduate of the two-year Meisner training program at the William Esper Studio in midtown Manhattan. He has built a reputation as a respected writer and speaker in the universal basic income (UBI) space, and is co-creator and producer of the docuseries, Bootstraps.

Hazel Gurland-Pooler, director of Storming Caesars Palace

Born in Colombia, Hazel is a NYC-based filmmaker whose projects champion underrepresented communities fighting against intersectional discrimination historically and today. She is the producer of My Everyday Hustle,  Creating the New World: The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr, and more. Over the years, Hazel has worked on documentaries for HBO, FRONTLINE, AMC, ABC News, HISTORY, and A&E. She was born in Colombia and lives in NYC with her family.

VP of User Experience at Wind River & CEO and founder at Particle Design, a user experience firm leading the design of products for Fortune 500 companies across a wide range of industries, including automotive, hardware, mobile, healthcare and more.

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Film, Stories and Shifting Culture: Basic Income Filmmaker Forum