Written and created by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, this miniseries chronicles the real-life personal and political struggles of a diverse family of LGBT men and women. Through setbacks and triumphs, they helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. civil rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the incredible successes of today.
A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.
Jonathan Majors
Actor
Experience the story of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful Southern belle who became the original flapper and an icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age.
A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.
Dawn Prestwich
Co-creator, producer, writer
Christina Ricci
Actor, executive producer
Nicole Yorkin
Co-creator, producer, writer
From Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Lee Daniels, creator and executive producer of the No. 1 series Empire, Star tells the story of a tough young woman who grew up in the foster care system and decides to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her biological sister and her Instagram bestie, and together the trio take a journey to music stardom.
A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.
Chad James Buchanan
Actor
Show premiere
Six months ago in Yemen, U.S. Army Rangers led by Sgt. Eric Carter killed terrorist leader Sheik Ibrahim Bin-Khalid. In response, Bin-Khalid’s followers declared a fatwah against Carter, his squad and their families, forcing them into federal witness protection. An attempt on Carter’s life makes it clear his team is now exposed. Presented in the same real-time format that propelled the original genre-defining series, 24: Legacy chronicles an adrenaline-fueled race against the clock to stop a devastating terrorist attack.
Underground centers on a group of slaves planning a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.
A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.
Misha Green
Creator and executive producer
Shadowhunters, also known as Nephilim, are a secretive race of human beings born with angelic blood. They are the appointed warriors on Earth of the angel Raziel, here to control and preside over the Shadow World, as well as the demons and Downworlders who inhabit it.
A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.
Katherine McNamara
Actor
Todd Slavkin
Executive producer
Darren Swimmer
Executive producer
After 12 years, Holden Matthews wakes up from a coma and discovers new supernatural abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. He must figure out what happened to him and how to survive in a world that has changed significantly.
A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.
Eden Brolin
Actor
Burkely Duffield
Actor
Adam Nussdorf
Executive producer
Join insiders and designers for a behind-the-scenes look at HGTV’s Dream Home 2017, featuring a waterfront stunner located in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The Dream Home Giveaway has been one of HGTV’s highest-rated events for more than two decades. Learn the secrets of how houses are chosen, get designer insights and see what happens when the cameras aren’t rolling on the most anticipated show of the year.
A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.
Waking up in an empty hospital after weeks in a coma, sheriff’s deputy Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finds himself utterly alone. The world as he knows it is gone, ravaged by a zombie epidemic. The Walking Dead tells the story of the weeks and months that follow the apocalypse.
Mid-season premiere
The brilliant, charismatic and seductive professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class “How to Get Away with Murder.” Little do they know, the students will apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.
A Q-and-A session with executive producer and writer Peter Nowalk and select cast will follow the screening.
Pete Nowalk
Producer and writer
Hey TV fans: SCAD TVfest is returning Feb. 17-19 with an all-virtual presentation! Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022, SCAD TVfest spotlights the best in design, creativity, and innovation in television and media. Viewers explore the best work and latest trends in broadcast, streaming, cable, web, social media, and advertising, and connect with the top industry insiders working on camera and behind the scenes.
The 2022 virtual festival schedule includes gala premiere screenings, spotlights, panel discussions, Q&A events, and other original content.
