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  • Join the Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Human Rights Watch, for a conversation on how portrayals of aspiring authoritarians in film and television can help audiences identify and respond to the tactics and strategies that are deployed to threaten our institutions. The panel will explore how writers portray aspiring authoritarians—and the tactics they use to dissolve democracies, control people’s autonomy, and weaponize fear—and the forces of resistance working to restore healthy societies.
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Since 1966, the Writers Guild Foundation has been the premier Hollywood resource for emerging writers and entertainment lovers. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, our mission is to preserve and promote the history and craft of writing for the screen

Along with operating the Shavelson-Webb Library and Archives in Los Angeles, the Foundation hosts public events featuring notable TV and film writers as well as community outreach programs connecting writers with underserved communities.