REMINDER: Community Connections Campaign: Exclusive Screening of "War Child" on Friday, January 23 at 12:00 PM in Preston Auditorium

In the spirit of the World Bank Community Connections Campaign,
Producer and Director C. Karim Chrobog has generously donated his
new award-winning documentary for a private screening at the World
Bank.

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INTRODUCTION
C. Karim Chrobog
Director and Producer
War Child is Director and Producer Mr. Chrobog's first feature film.
He started his career in the media industry at Time Warner's
international public policy office, where he worked closely with the
company's Warner Bros., HBO, Fortune and Turner divisions. In 2005,
Mr. Chrobog launched Tangier Pictures, an independent feature film
company based in Washington, DC. Tangier Pictures is currently
producing a feature film on Ibn Battutah, a colorful, but forgotten
14th century Moroccan adventurer. He is also working on the
documentary Kidnapped, which is based on real-life events and tells
the story of his family's kidnapping during a vacation gone awry in
the South of Yemen three years ago. Mr. Chrobog holds a degree in
International Politics and a Certificate in International Business
Diplomacy from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at
Georgetown University. He is fluent in German, Arabic, and English.
He resides in Washington, DC.

WELCOMING REMARKS
Viki Betancourt
Manager, World Bank Community Connections Campaign

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