Autonlab Movie Outing

[Benedikt Boecking]

All,

one last reminder to fill out the form below if you want be part of the lab’s ‘excursion’ to see Dreamcatcher at the CMU's film festival. 

http://goo.gl/forms/CrqD86ohEt <http://goo.gl/forms/CrqD86ohEt>



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Benedikt Boecking
Research Programmer
Auton Lab, School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

> On Mar 2, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Artur Dubrawski <awd at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ben!
> 
> A few points to add:
> 
> 1. The Lab buys the tickets.
> 
> 2. More on the movie can be found here:
> http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/film-week-dreamcatcher
> 
> 3. It looks like we will have the main character present in the room in
> person.
> 
> 4. Those of us who are involved in anti-trafficking research sometimes
> feel frustrated upon realization that relatively little is being done
> to support victims pulled from circulation by law enforcement, and how
> many of them return to the old business after being rescued. We have
> imagined better effectiveness of rescue. This movie and the presence of
> one of the survivors gives us a chance to improve understanding of these
> issues. Recall that our original intention behind Traffic Jam was helping
> the victims. Our current technology supports law enforcement and it
> clearly leads towards that goal, but somewhat less directly than we have
> imagined. Could more be done?
> 
> Artur
> 
> On Tue, March 1, 2016 9:02 pm, Benedikt Boecking wrote:
>> Dear Autonians,
>> 
>> 
>> This year’s theme of the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival is
>> 'Faces of Conflict'. Maria discovered that one of the feature films is
>> Dreamcatcher, a documentary about human trafficking. Given our lab’s
>> active involvement in fighting human trafficking, we would like to invite
>> you all for an evening out at the movies. Please answer the following
>> poll if you are interested in attending and if you would like to bring a
>> +1 so that we can organize tickets. There will also be a special
>> appearance and Panel/Q & A with Brenda Myers-Powell, Co-Founder and
>> Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation.
>> 
>> 
>> http://goo.gl/forms/CrqD86ohEt <http://goo.gl/forms/CrqD86ohEt>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dreamcatcher (UK/USA, 2015, 97 min)
>> 
>> 
>> FRIDAY, MARCH 18
>> 
>> 
>> 7:00 pm | McConomy Auditorium, CMU University Center
>> + Special Appearance and Panel/Q & A with Brenda Myers-Powell,
>> Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation
>> +Dessert Reception
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Benedikt Boecking
>> Research Programmer
>> Auton Lab, School of Computer Science
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> 
>> 
>> 
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