Saturday, June 14
5:45 PM - 7:30 PM

Regal Gallery Place

701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

Immutable

Co-Directors

Charlie Sadoff, Gabriel London

Executive Producer

The Matthew Harris Ornstein Foundation

Producers

Keith M. Brown, Charlie Sadoff, Gabriel London

Editor

Nick Clark

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographer

Michael Flanagan

Additional Cinematography

Music

Tone P

Sound

Narration

Contact

Students from the Washington Urban Debate League navigate the challenges of daily life while striving for excellence in competitive debate. Beginning at an annual summer debate camp during the final days of the COVID pandemic, the film follows a group of dedicated young debaters. They immerse themselves in research, critical thinking, teamwork, and performance, hoping these skills will not only help them win tournaments but also overcome the obstacles standing between them and their full potential.

Co-Director, Immutable

Charlie Sadoff is a producer, director and editor whose most recent film Against All Enemies premiered to critical acclaim at the Tribeca Film Festival, went on to win multiple best documentary awards and after its release in 2024 was the number one ranked doc on the Apple TV charts. Charlie seeks projects that can help affect meaningful change, and his films Cut Poison Burn (Mill Valley) and The Harvest (IDFA, Epix) from executive producers Eva Longoria and Shine Global both screened on Capitol Hill as part of efforts to move legislation. The Definition of Insanity, which he wrote and produced for PBS in 2020, is currently being used to help cities around the world change the way people with mental illness interact with the criminal justice system.

Co-Director, Immutable

Gabriel London is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films have tackled major policy issues of the day from mass incarceration to climate change. Gabriel won the Albert R. Broccoli Best Film Award for his first prison documentary, Turned Out. Gabriel has made intimate documentaries with notable talent, including Drew Barrymore’s film on voting, The Best Place to Start, and Snoop Dogg’s autobiographical story, Youth Authority: California. Gabriel’s most recognized work, The Mind of Mark DeFriest, won a number of awards at film festivals and went on to help reduce the title subject’s sentence by over 70 years, before being aired on Showtime. In 2020, Gabriel directed The Definition of Insanity, which aired on PBS and has been used as a tool for mental health reforms nationwide.