May 1 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE is a new six-part documentary series premiering on PBS in April 2024 that will help viewers imagine – and work toward – a better tomorrow. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next. It challenges the dystopian framework embraced by popular culture by offering a refreshing take on the future. The docuseries asks us all: how can we become the great ancestors the future needs us to be?
The opening night party* will be from 9:30 PM – 12:00 AM, following the screening. Ticket price includes the screening and party.
*Passholders must RSVP for the screening and party separately in Eventive.
In Attendance
Speaker
Ari
Wallach
Co-Founder, Futurific
Bio
Ari Wallach is the host of the forthcoming 6-part PBS docuseries “A Brief History of the Future” and is also the Co-Founder of Futurific Studios with Kathryn Murdoch. Ari is the author of Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs by HarperOne. Ari’s TED talk on Longpath has been viewed over 2.6 million times and translated into 21 languages. Wallach was the co-founder of the 2008 presidential initiative “The Great Schlep with Sarah Silverman.” He was most recently adjunct associate professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Moderator
Alysia
Reiner
Actress / Activist / Producer
Bio
Best known as Fig in 7 seasons of “Orange Is the New Black” (SAG Award), Agent Sadie Deever in 2023 Emmy & Critics Choice Award winning “Ms. Marvel”, 5 seasons as Sunny in Peabody Award winning “Better Things” (FX/HULU), 2 seasons as Kiki on “The Deuce” (HBO), 2 seasons as Kathryn in Sharon Horgan’s “Shining Vale” . “The Feeling That The Time for Doing Something Has Passed” in theatres now (Cannes,TIFF, NYFF), Other filmed highlights include Oscar winning “Sideways”, “Broad City” (Emmy winning episode), going head to head with Viola Davis in “How To Get Away with Murder”, etc.
