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![How Movies Move Us](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/643c3fd9-f781-4f0b-a86c-1450c95d74a5/AdobeStock_225395390.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=875%2C0%2C2250%2C2250&w=290)
Has a movie ever changed your mind, the way you act, what you eat? Leads from Oscar-winning Judas and the Black Messiah and other media experts discuss how films are changing public conversations and capturing the attention of citizens and elected officials. Is the medium of the movie essential to societal progress? This panel will compel you to consider how films disrupt...
![Behind the Scenes with Axios on HBO](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullcf2c7eda-174c-4aa4-9bf6-cfec49778534/48139374013_87f83f2380_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
Get a behind the scenes look at the HBO documentary-news program, “Axios on HBO”, with its Executive Editor and the creative team behind the headline-making series. How did Axios translate its new style of journalism into television story-telling that the Poynter Institute calls "a major player in TV news" and the Baltimore Sun called "the show that almost everyone in the...
![Audrie & Daisy (Film and Discussion)](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null84ee18eb-3dab-4f04-b743-3127e09703c0/27721482290_3d706cead9_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=277%2C0%2C1046%2C1046&w=290)
Audrie & Daisy is an urgent real-life drama that examines the ripple effects on families, friends, schools, and communities when two underage young women find that sexual crimes against them have been caught on camera. From acclaimed filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (The Island President, The Rape of Europa), Audrie & Daisy—which made its world premiere at the 2016 Sun...
![Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/86eae8ca-c6a2-4d92-bb9e-7d943dea675b/AIFStockHeroImages.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1260%2C0%2C3240%2C3240&w=290)
The nature of beauty, and whether it’s objective or subjective, is the subject of timeless philosophical debate. Do perceptions of beauty vary culturally and generationally, or are they determined by something more ancient within us? Should beauty be the goal of art, or is conveying a particular emotion between artist and audience more critical? And turning to the mirror,...
![9 Artistic Expressions of the Mind, Body, and Spirit](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e8497eb0-aa9b-4df8-9aff-eabb5da1c1b6/52187948880_54001ecc1c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2752%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Aspen Ideas: Health is where the arts meet health. Ahead of the 10th annual event this summer, we're looking back at some of the innovative artists, musicians, actors, filmmakers, playwrights, and dancers who have shared their creative expressions of the mind, body, and spirit on our stages. Explore how the arts help expand our understanding of health and well-being.
![Staff Picks: Best Books, Movies and TV of 2020](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3c4a9066-8035-40ab-98cb-041acd717d7e/Bestof2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=286%2C0%2C720%2C720&w=290)
A look back at what we've read, watched, and listened this year.