Dear Friends, Based on your previous interest in our events, we thought we'd share information about our upcoming screening and filmmaker discussion of "The Rise of the Killer Virus" with you. We hope you can join us on Thursday, April 23, in New York. RSVP today<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulitzer-center-film-series-at-the-paley-center-the-rise-of-the-killer-virus-tickets-15821839548&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=2d78bd6bf241cf22f7da091e21e4826a0efd01d414c52ab57367adef7af3a8c5> -- and feel free to pass along to colleagues and others who might be interested as well. Sincerely, The Pulitzer Center Team [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af/images/3cafc558-0815-4eb0-8c46-68d8683c6f92.png] The Rise of the Killer Virus [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af/images/398469e1-22ff-4e0a-923d-822d728ac431.jpg]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pulitzercenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af%26id%3D7730dda670%26e%3D8d10a9892f&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=eff660209ff8adcfd07ec1ad1d54db225046f5b8cb53cbae54e1190a3fa7c304> The Rise of the Killer Virus<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pulitzercenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af%26id%3Da2494e527b%26e%3D8d10a9892f&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=8696bf2ce14ff34c56984f0719f48e8c64b7d5d984648368dbfb9f9619cae8cb> screens on Thursday, April 23, as the second in Pulitzer Center's film series at New York's Paley Center for Media. After the screening, director Carl Gierstorfer discusses the film along with Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer and two of the key medical researchers in the documentary who are seeking answers to the origins of HIV: Dr. Dirk Teuwen of Belgium and Michael Worobey, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. Free and open to the public, but RSVP requested-please reserve your seat today<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pulitzercenter.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u%3D1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af%26id%3Dcfe119c843%26e%3D8d10a9892f&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=3c13aefe9cfde7d505b093185b93654d5de4e944ab1d6ab9dea5fadfa6994c94>. Reception follows screening and panel. The documentary delves into the origins of HIV and is associated with Gierstorfer's Pulitzer Center-supported reporting project "HIV's Origins-And the Lessons for Today."<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pulitzercenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af%26id%3D077a96c049%26e%3D8d10a9892f&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=67f41e700310153985d162a28ab96db5680f1628724bfe36306aba9bf7607572> [Micah Fink (seated) and Maurice Tomlinson. Image by Amanda Ottaway. Philadelphia, 2014.] The Rise of the Killer Virus premiered in the U.S. on the Smithsonian Channel on World AIDS Day. Prior to its U.S. showing, the documentary premiered in Europe as The Bloody Truth.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pulitzercenter.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u%3D1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af%26id%3De87db8dea5%26e%3D8d10a9892f&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=80688a01a85450a686c57ac27b0c80ad5181b28dbab0211efc1975f2facab2e3> See the Smithsonian Channel trailer here.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pulitzercenter.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af%26id%3Da0aae30209%26e%3D8d10a9892f&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=68d92328fb6da3cf657f181a2dbc25f4e4fb7ba31736b328c9240f739bb09923> To follow the footsteps of researchers and discover the phases through which the disease has passed during its century-old history, visit the interactive<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pulitzercenter.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u%3D1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af%26id%3Dadd7777c5a%26e%3D8d10a9892f&k=YqK%2Bsx86gjdMGxI5fMs%2FDA%3D%3D%0A&r=%2BOIyd4nLPmJTELtGA433GKHMctbvHw0M3ZIeYtdNdc4%3D%0A&m=V8UusoF18F2H3p%2Bsq2RkQi2sfyY%2F%2FQQQk2OG7fqaqkc%3D%0A&s=112dc3b4230d77e166ac7b194022bfeecfb3b94a8c6400d743b371e3a7de05a2>. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e0daa892d0fd84e520a9c9af/images/a1a8c2cf-652f-4a49-8acd-f3d91b9eb295.jpg] Blood tests reveal that new viruses regularly jump from wild animals to humans. Image by Renaat Lambeets, DOCDAYS Productions. DRC, 2013. Writer & Director: Carl Gierstorfer Director of Photography: Renaat Lambeets Editor & Art Director: Marcel Ozan Riedel Executive Producer: Antje Boehmert [Simone and her daughter Khayla in hiding at a safe house outside of Kingston, Jamaica. Image by Micah Fink. Jamaica, 2009.] The Rise of the Killer Virus is produced by DOCDAYS Production, YUZU Productions, CONGOO, for Smithsonian Networks, ZDF/ARTE, CCTV 10, RTBF, and VRT. The Rise of the Killer Virus Thursday, April 23 6:30 pm (doors open at 6 pm) The Paley Center for Media 25 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019