Maplewood Film Society Launches with Documentary on Dr. Fauci
The Maplewood Film Society will offer the first live area screening of the new documentary FAUCI on Sept. 25 at 7 pm. A panel discussion of the film will follow featuring Dr. Jane Aronson, Founder, Worldwide Orphans; Candice Davenport, Maplewood Health Officer and Educator; and Anna Markarova, Maplewood Public Health Nurse. The program will be held at The Woodland in downtown Maplewood. Link to Discussion is below.
Directed by Emmy-winning filmmakers John Hoffman and Janet Tobias with unprecedented access to Dr. Fauci, this film from National Geographic offers a revealing portrait of one of our most dedicated public servants.
With his signature blend of scientific acumen, candor and integrity, Dr. Anthony Fauci became America’s most unlikely cultural icon during the COVID-19 pandemic. A world-renowned infectious disease specialist and the longest-serving public health leader in Washington, D.C., he has valiantly overseen the U.S. response to 40 years’ worth of outbreaks, including HIV/AIDS, SARS and Ebola.
The documentary traces the most defining and challenging moments of this remarkable man’s life and career. Dr. Anthony Fauci first understood the power of medicine working at his parents’ pharmacy while growing up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Dr. Fauci took to clinical medicine during his internship and residency at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and arrived at the National Institutes of Health as a clinical fellow in 1968. In 1981, shortly after the first early scientific reports of a mysterious new disease that would eventually become known as HIV/AIDS, Dr. Fauci switched tracks from his very successful research into treatments for vasculitis and other autoimmune disorders to the new disease that had at first stricken the gay community, IV drug users and hemophiliacs, but would later expand its foothold within many populations here in the United States, and become endemic in many parts of the world. By 1984, Dr. Fauci had become the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a position that he still holds, but he insisted on maintaining both his lab and his medical practice, treating patients at the NIH Clinical Center, the world’s largest hospital devoted solely to research.
National Geographic Documentary Films FAUCI Trailer: https://youtu.be/NBEau86jZjI
Discussion with Dr. Jane Aronson, Maplewood Health Officer Candice Davenport, and Maplewood Public Health Nurse Anna Markarova.
Tickets are $15 for the film and discussion and can be purchased in advance at www.tinyurl.com/MFSFauci
20 complimentary tickets will be reserved for students as well as those where the purchase of the ticket would be a burden. For complimentary tickets contact: MaplewoodFilmSociety@gmail.com / Subject Line: FAUCI.
Please direct any questions to the Film Society of Maplewood, email: MaplewoodFilmSociety@gmail.com with the Subject Line: FAUCI.
Safety Guidelines: people will be required to show proof that they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use by the FDA or WHO, and wear masks to attend this program. Social distancing for seating will be in place in the spacious great hall of the Woodland.
The Maplewood Film Society was concepted by Lisa Mainardi, Maplewood Division of Arts & Culture, in collaboration with Lisa Reznik, Director of The Film Society of Summit, in order to offer relevant films, documentaries and discussions to Maplewood residents and the surrounding community.
The mission of the Division of Arts & Culture, under the Community Service Department is to foster a creative community of artists and organizations, enhancing the quality of life for residents of Maplewood by ensuring that artistic and cultural experiences are inclusive and accessible to all.