Avi Lewis

Avi Lewis is a documentary filmmaker, journalist, and lecturer in Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. His 25-year journalism career has spanned award-winning theatrically-released documentaries to local news reporting, and has appeared on television networks worldwide including Canada’s City TV, MuchMusic and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 4 in the UK and Al Jazeera English. In 2017, he co-founded and is now Strategic Director of The Leap – an organization launched to upend our collective response to the crises of climate, inequality and racism.