Lunch discussion with award-winning producer Alessandra Orofino: Apocalypse in the Tropics

Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

144 Louis Simpson Building

Alessandra Orofino is the Executive Director of Peri, a media company focused on stories that matter. She is a specialist in mass communication and large-scale mobilization, with extensive experience in popular mobilization and developing impactful content for television and cinema. She co-founded NOSSAS, where she was Executive Director, created and directed the show Greg News, and is the lead producer and co-writer of the documentary Apocalypse in the Tropics, directed by Petra Costa. Alessandra is on the boards of organizations with a strong focus on cultural strategies and narratives: the Luminate Foundation, the Meliore Foundation, and the ICCI. She is a Fellow of the Obama Foundation and received the Skoll Award for Social Innovation in 2022.

Discussants: Raimundo Barreto (Princeton Theological Seminary) and João Chaves (Baylor University).

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Co-hosted with: Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies

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