Lake Placid Film Festival    

20th Anniversary Tribute Gala Dinner

Friday, October 22

An Evening with Raoul Peck and Jeffrey Brown

Honoring esteemed Director, Screenwriter and Producer Raoul Peck, Director of acclaimed film “I am not your Negro”, "Lumumba" and newly-released HBO series, “Exterminate all the Brutes”, voted best docu-series by the AAFCA, among TV honors.

Born in Haiti, raised in the Congo, U.S., France and Germany, Peck earned an economic-engineering master’s degree at the University of Berlin and then studied film at the Academy of Cinema and Television in Berlin. He served as Haiti’s Minister of Culture from 1996 to 1997.

Raoul Peck is one of the most significant and prolific filmmakers of our time, richly rewarded for his historical, political and artistic work.

An evening with Raoul Peck and Jeffrey Brown, Senior Correspondent for "PBS Newshour."

Friday, October 22, 2021 7:00 - 10:00pm

Cocktails and Dinner Reception 

at

Great Range Ballroom of High Peaks Resort

Guest $125 / person

Patron $175 / person*

Guest Table of 10 $1,100

Patron Table of 10 $1,650*

*Patron tickets will receive a private cocktail reception with Raoul Peck and Jeffrey Brown prior to the evening.

6:30 Private Reception for Patron Ticket Holders

7:00 Cocktails at High Peaks Lobby Bar

8:00 Dinner Service

8:30 In Conversation Jeffrey Brown and Raoul Peck

Coffee and Dessert Service Following.

With special appreciation to Aimee and Gary Dake for underwriting the Tribute Dinner. 

Thank you to John Brown Lives! for their support of this event. 

Thank you to the generous donations from:

Winebow Fine Wines, Great Adirondack Brewing Company, UHY Advisors