Honor List kicks off film festival
BENTONVILLE -- The fourth Bentonville Film Festival kicked off with a screening of The Honor List in the AMC Theatre in 21c Hotel Museum and a concert by Carly Pearce and Jillian Jacqueline on the Coca-Cola Sound Stage in the Meteor on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday was the first full day of film screenings, discussion panels and live entertainment.
Neuroscientist talks about unconscious bias
BENTONVILLE Neuroscientist Steve Robbins used humor and wit during his lecture "Know Yourself," which broke down the ins and outs of unconscious bias from neurological and psychological perspectives. He said diversity isn't the problem; close-mindedness is. It's more energy efficient to be closed minded, he said. Robbins encouraged the audience to practice entertaining ideas that aren't in line with their own view and to be less certain and more curious about others who differ from them.
"This work that people call diversity and inclusion, for me, is fundamentally about caring for other people," he said. "The true measure of whether you're a caring person is not how well you care for your friends and your family but how well you care for strangers and outsiders."
Robbins received a standing ovation.
Actor sees end to 'good ol' boy club'
BENTONVILLE -- "I think we will start to see what I consider to be fundamental true change when more women and people of color are in positions of power, where they are the ones actually making the decisions," said Lance Nichols, actor, during the "Storytelling" panel. Nichols was responding to the question of how does the momentum continue for minority groups after successes such as The Black Panther and Wonder Woman. "It's been been a good ol' boy club far too long, and that needs to change. ... I think we're heading in the right direction."
Theater executive backs 'gem' viewing
BENTONVILLE -- Nikkole Denson-Randolph, vice president of specialty and alternative content for AMC Theatre, said in the "Storytelling" panel she gets 600 movies on AMC Theatre screens annually, and she encouraged people to experience different types of movies. "There are amazing little gems out there that we show on screen, but people don't know about them because their budgets aren't as large."
NW News on 05/03/2018
