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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AND DISRUPTOR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRIBECA DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AWARDS

01/04/2019

April 1st, 2019 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AND DISRUPTOR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRIBECA DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AWARDS

10th Anniversary Commemoration for Honorees Including Nelson Mandela's Grandson and Co-Founder of the Africa Rising Foundation Ndaba Mandela, Global Impact Revolution Pioneer Sir Ronald Cohen, HBO News Documentary Series Axios and Pop-Up Magazine

Posthumous Awards go to WWII Hungarian Jews Savior Tibor Baranski and Apollo 12 Commander Charles Pete' Conrad Jr. - The Third Man to Walk on the Moon

NEW YORK, NY- March 18, 2019 -Today, the Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, and Disruptor Foundation announced their Tenth Annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards (TDIA) which will take place on Friday, May 3rd at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. The awards ceremony, sponsored by AT&T, will celebrate, nurture and mobilize a community of disruptors who have inspired and empowered others toward innovative thinking and creative activism. Honorees include Nelson Mandela's grandson and co-founder of the Africa Rising Foundation Ndaba Mandela, Global Impact Revolution Pioneer and Philanthropist Sir Ronald Cohen, acclaimed Live Magazine touring show Pop-Up Magazine and commended news documentary series Axios on HBO. Posthumous awards go to Apollo 12 Commander (ahead of the Apollo's 50th anniversary) and third man to walk on the moon Charles Pete' Conrad Jr., and WWII Hungarian Jews Savior Tibor Baranski.

Helmed by co-founder Craig Hatkoff, the awards acknowledge and uplift those who have challenged social norms to present world-changing inventions or ideas. With past honorees including Eric Schmidt, Questlove, Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber, these changemakers often live at the intersection of technology and culture, encourage advances in society and raise the bar for a thriving humanity. The awards will be hosted by HBO filmmaker and Sirius XM host, Perri Peltz.

Over the past ten years, we have celebrated the achievements of 250 the worlds greatest disruptors who have challenged and changed the status quo for the public good, says Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Craig Hatkoff.

We have witnessed the awe, wonder and enchantment of human ingenuity and resilience. Our disruptors have led an expansion the moral imagination to deal with the worlds most vexing problems. As we celebrate our tenth anniversary, a clear message has emerged: in order to bridge the rapidly expanding techno-cultural divide, we will need to better understand the influence of culture and context on successful innovation and disruption. Too much emphasis has been placed on the promise of our emerging technologies, but humanism itself remains at the core of all progress.

TDIA serves as a living laboratory for advances in disruptive innovation theory, bringing together the world's most striking innovators with stories that inspire us to think outside the box, focusing on breakthroughs at the intersection of technology and culture where resistance to change impedes upon social progress. Visionary minds have come together to brainstorm solutions and envision lifechanging results for some of the world's most critical issues. TDIA honors these dynamic individuals and corporations founded upon advancing society through cutting-edge cultural revolutions.

The Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards are a collaboration with Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School Professor, author of the Silicon Valley manifesto, The Innovators Dilemma and father of the disruptive innovation theory-the world's most influential theory of innovation and radical change. This year's honorees include:

Alexandria Villase or: Alexandria Villase or is a 13 year-old climate activist. Frustrated by the lack of progress at COP 24 and inspired by 16 year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, Alexandria began her own school strike for climate in front of the United Nations Headquarters on December 14, 2018. Soon after, Alexandria became a national and international organizer for the first ever global youth climate strike which occurred on March 15, 2019 and mobilized 1.6M youth from 123 countries.

Ashley Edwards (MindRight): Ashley Edwards is Co-founder and CEO of MindRight. MindRight provides daily, culturally-responsive mental health coaching over text message to youth impacted by trauma. Ashley is a 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur and has been recognized by Forbes as one of the top 30 innovators of the next century.

Axios on HBO: This is a first-of-its-kind news show, fusing Axios reporting on the most consequential topics of our time with the cinematic, documentary storytelling of two award-winning filmmakers and HBO.

The ambition: to leave viewers feeling a lot smarter about the topics truly upending and reshaping their lives.

The Conrad Foundation on behalf of Charles Pete' Conrad Jr.: Charles Pete' Conrad Jr was a naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, and the third man to walk on the Moon. His wife Nancy continues his legacy through the Conrad Foundation by encouraging students to become disruptive entrepreneurs and apply innovation, science and technology to create global impact.

Dustin Yellin: Dustin Yellin is an artist who lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is the founder and director of Pioneer Works, a multidisciplinary cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn that builds community through the arts and sciences to create an open and inspired world. Acting as a pendant to his institution-building social practice, Yellin's artwork makes the hidden forces of nature and commerce tangible.

Grant Thompson: Grant Thompson is a 14-year-old high school honors student from Tucson, Arizona. He was recently credited by Apple, Inc. for finding and reporting the Apple Group Facetime Bug.
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