SUNY Sullivan Cultural Connections presents
"China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping" (2024)
Produced for PBS Frontline
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Excerpts & Conversation with
Award-Winning Investigative Journalists
Martin Smith & Marcela Gaviria
Moderated by Ultan Guilfoyle
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Join us for a special screening and in-person presentation of excerpts from the critically acclaimed PBS Frontline documentary, “China, The US and the Rise of Xi Jinping” (2024), with award-winning journalists and filmmakers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria. The evening will be moderated by Ultan Guilfoyle.
Gain firsthand perspectives on the making of this powerful film, the complex relationship between two global superpowers, and the ascent of China's influential leader.
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Meet & Greet Cocktail Reception | 4:30 p.m.
Connect with filmmakers Martin Smith & Marcela Gaviria over cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres in the Seelig Theatre Lobby before the screening (must purchase "Meet & Greet tickets to attend; additional cost applicable).
Screening, Q&A Session | 6 p.m.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Coffee reception to follow the screening
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ABOUT MARTIN SMITH & MARCELA GAVIRIA
Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria are veteran PBS FRONTLINE journalists and producing partners with RAINmedia, an independent documentary production company in New York City. Their films, many produced and reported for PBS FRONTLINE, have covered the most important news events of our time, from the rise of Al Qaeda, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the culture of risk-taking on Wall Street, America’s heroin epidemic, and the crackdown on undocumented immigrants under the Trump Administration. Their most recent production was FRONTLINE’s landmark 3-part docuseries, America and the Taliban (2023), which chronicles America’s longest war.
RAINmedia’s films have won every major award in broadcast journalism, including multiple Emmys, duPont-Columbia Gold Batons, George Polk Awards, Peabody Awards, Overseas Press Club, and Writers Guild Awards.
ABOUT ULTAN GUILFOYLE
Ultan Guilfoyle was the director of film and video production at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from 1995 through 2001. During his time at the museum, Guilfoyle co-curated, with his friend Prof. Charles Falco, the groundbreaking, blockbuster exhibition The Art of the Motorcycle. One of the best attended museum exhibitions ever, The Art of the Motorcycle has been credited with reintroducing motorcycles to the general public as beautiful objects of design, machines with intrinsic artistic qualities ridden, and works to be collected by connoisseurs.
Guilfoyle began his filmmaking career at the BBC in London. His award-winning films have been shown on PBS, HBO, and Bravo in the US, and BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 in the UK. When not making films, Guilfoyle writes about design and architecture.
