Special LGBT Month

Join director Ric Burns, Kate Edgar, and Bill Hayes 
in conversation with Eugene Hernandez, director of the New York Film Festival.

Kate Edgar began working with Oliver Sacks as editor and researcher in 1983. She contributed to all sixteen of his books, including the recently published Everything in its Place. Over three decades, she traveled the world with Dr. Sacks and knew many of his patients and subjects.

Bill Hayes, the partner of the late Oliver Sacks, is a writer and photographer. His books include Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me, and How We Live Now: Scenes from the Pandemic. He has also served as a co-editor of Dr. Sacks' posthumous books.

Eugene Hernandez is the Director of the New York Film Festival (NYFF). Before that he served as Film at Lincoln Center’s deputy executive director, joining the organization in 2010 as its director of digital strategy. He is the co-founder of the film industry website IndieWire.