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J U N E 2 0 1 9 I 2 7 More detailed descriptions, additional photos and podcasts where available are posted online at www.dga.org. DGA Events Roundup photo by Byron Gamarro Anthony and Joe Russo on Avengers: Endgame In Anthony and Joe Russo's follow-up to their international megahit Avengers: Infinity War, we find Earth's mightiest heroes staggered by the enormity of their defeat after, with a snap of his fingers, their arch-nemesis, Thanos, wiped out half the population of the universe, including many of their closest companions. When an opportunity presents itself to undo the devastation wrought by Thanos, the Avengers and their remaining allies assemble once more to try to restore order to the universe. The Russo Brothers discussed bringing the popular franchise to its close in a conversation moderated by Director Todd Holland following the Los Angeles DGA membership screening on May 5. Other Russo Brothers directing credits include the feature Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, You, Me and Dupree, Welcome to Collinwood and Pieces and the movies for television The Council of Dads and Courtroom K. They have been members of the DGA since 2001. Photo: Todd Holland (moderator) and Joe and Anthony Russo discuss Avengers: Endgame. photo by Shane Karns Robin Bissell discusses The Best of Enemies A civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader forge an unlikely relationship in Director Robin Bissell's new historical drama, The Best of Enemies. Bissell's film tells the true story of how civil rights activist Ann Atwater and Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan C.P. Ellis came together to co-chair a community summit on the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971, and how the events that unfolded would change their lives forever. Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on April 21, Bissell sat down with Director Hart Bochner to discuss the making of The Best of Enemies, which is Bissell's feature directorial debut. Robin Bissell has been a DGA member since 2017. Photo: Robin Bissell and Hart Bochner (moderator) discuss The Best of Enemies. photo by Elisa Haber Roxann Dawson discusses Breakthrough Director Roxann Dawson's biographical drama, Breakthrough, tells the true story of how all hope seemed lost after Smith's adopted son, John, fell into an icy Missouri lake and afterwards lay lifeless in a hospital. Even in the face of every scientific prediction and medical case history, her refusal to give up and steadfast belief inspired those around her to continue to pray for John's recovery. Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on April 28, Dawson sat down with Director Allan Arkush to discuss the making of Breakthrough. Breakthrough is Dawson's feature film directorial debut. Her other directing credits include the pilot and first two episodes of Mercy Street, as well as episodes of The Americans, The Chi, Runaways, The Deuce, House of Cards, Bates Motel, Treme, The Good Wife, Lost, Scandal, Cold Case, Crossing Jordan, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. She has been a DGA member since 1999. Photo: Roxann Dawson and Allan Arkush (moderator) discuss Breakthrough.