{"589329":{"#nid":"589329","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bowman Presents His Film \u2018Bad and the Birdieman\u2019 at the Atlanta Film Festival","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKirk Bowman, the Jon R. Wilcox Term Professor in Soccer and Global Politics in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, presented his film \u003Cem\u003EBad and the Birdieman \u003C\/em\u003Eat the 41st Atlanta Film Festival on March 25, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe film, which Bowman co-produced with Jon Wilcox (the sponsor of his chair), tells the story of innovation, leadership, community building, and badminton in a favela in Rio de Janeiro.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBowman joined the Nunn School in 1998. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in comparative politics, Latin American politics, and soccer and global politics, and he has directed study abroad programs in Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, and Uruguay. He has published three books and has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council, among others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Bowman is the co-founder and director of Rise Up and Care, an international nongovernmental organization that combines global development research, high-level performance organizations in the global south to transform youth, and documentary films by top local directors. In August 2016, he co-produced five documentary films for the Reimagine Rio Film Festival, including \u003Cem\u003EBad and the Birdieman.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the film here: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.badbirdiemanmovie.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.badbirdiemanmovie.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKirk Bowman, the Jon R. Wilcox Term Professor in Soccer and Global Politics in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, presented his film \u003Cem\u003EBad and the Birdieman \u003C\/em\u003Eat the 41st Atlanta Film Festival on March 25, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kirk Bowman, a professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, presented his film Bad and the Birdieman at the 41st Atlanta Film Festival on March 25, 2017."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-03-27 18:17:51","changed_gmt":"2017-03-28 20:20:41","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"585955":{"id":"585955","type":"image","title":"Kirk Bowman","body":null,"created":"1484249658","gmt_created":"2017-01-12 19:34:18","changed":"1484249658","gmt_changed":"2017-01-12 19:34:18","alt":"Kirk Bowman","file":{"fid":"223338","name":"KirkBowmanWeb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KirkBowmanWeb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KirkBowmanWeb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36256,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/KirkBowmanWeb.jpg?itok=M-XoqqXh"}}},"media_ids":["585955"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/badbirdiemanmovie.com\/","title":"Bad and the Birdieman"},{"url":"http:\/\/atlantafilmfestival.com\/","title":"Atlanta Film Festival"},{"url":"http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu","title":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173865","name":"Atlanta Film Festival"},{"id":"173866","name":"Bad and the Birdieman"},{"id":"173867","name":"Reimagine Rio Festival"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}