The Most Potent Forms of Fear Come in the Name of Love | Dr. Mehret Mandefro | TEDxPaloAlto
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- Dr. Mehret Mandefro is an award-winning film producer/writer who draws from her background as an anthropologist, Harvard-trained physician, and health policy expert to craft textured narratives that explore the social determinants of health. She uses her interdisciplinary training as the foundation to approach social issues she has chosen to tackle as an artist and filmmaker and create what she calls “visual medicine”. Dr. Mandefro’s work stems from a shared belief that storytelling is the most powerful tool we can use to bridge societal divides in our world. Her goal is to create art that engages the public in a deeper conversation about cultural change and challenges audiences to rethink the way they see the world. Integral to her work is the development of public engagement campaigns that help audiences build on lessons learned in her films.
Dr. Mandefro produced and co-wrote the critically acclaimed documentary Little White Lie about family secrets and facing the truth which was the top-rated broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens during the 2014-2015 season. She also produced the narrative film Difret about a famous women’s rights case that outlawed the kidnapping of child brides in Ethiopia and was the first film to win audience awards at both the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals.
Prior to film, she began her career as a physician and public health practitioner working extensively with HIV infected and affected communities in Botswana, South Africa, Ethiopia, and New York on issues of prevention and treatment. She completed her primary care internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center and subsequently joined the research faculty of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania as a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar where she received a pilot grant to explore the public health uses of media and create the media production company Truth Aid with her producing partner Lacey Schwartz.
She was subsequently appointed by President Barack Obama as a White House Fellow and worked on behavioral health policy issues for returning Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and co-chaired the health systems and life experiences sub-committee of the Federal Inter-Agency Health Equity Team, which was responsible for developing the nation’s first public health strategy to eliminate health disparities. Upon completion of her fellowship, she joined the Obama administration and served as a health policy advisor in the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs. She was most recently Chief Medical Officer of Amida Technology Solutions and on faculty in the Department of Health Policy at the George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services.
Dr. Mandefro is currently President of Truth Aid which specializes in producing fiction and non-fiction films about social change. Her latest films include the feature documentary How It Feels To Be Free about the political contributions of trailblazing black female entertainers which she is producing with American Masters and the feature film Sweetness in the Belly starring the Oscar nominated actress Saoirse Ronan. Mehret has a BA in Anthropology from Harvard University, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and a MSc in Public Health and Anthropology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Fulbright Scholar. She currently lives with her husband and three kids in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Alexandria, VA.
This talk was part of TEDxPaloAlto Identity, held on April 2, 2017. For more information about TEDxPaloAlto please visit www.tedxpaloalto.com.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
Wow! "How did being miserable become the default?" I had to pause to replay it multiple times. Thank you for wording it this way.
Amazing speech and we Ethiopian doing great around the world. Long live to Ethiopia
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Beautiful Dr. Mehiret, thankful for the full message that you introduced us the great hero Zeweg and what role we have to play for the justified individual, collective and national benefit and responsibilities.God bless your lovely family!!!
A great Message. Some people's advice is not based on wisdom but from fear. So I usually don't tell how difficult my life is and let people to discourage me and to doubt the things I am doing on purpose. I have a faith that my intuition is from above.
Amazingly spoken. collected, calm, crystal clear. Thanks for sharing, its inspiring.
Wonderfully explained - the way we grow up ingrained with the fear of our parents - disguised as love. Awareness is half the battle, indeed.
Thank you Dr. Mehret!!! This was a great speech and a great lesson for me. It's very easy to confuse taking other peoples wisdom for our benefit verses what you talk about which is a well meaning advice not based on wisdom, but fear or social norm. I read a book by Susan Jeffers "feel the fear and do it anyway" in 1992, which changed my life, and now this. You are truly inspiring and all the stories you told are also. Thank you so very much. The fact that this is coming from a woman of the same background as myself makes it even that much more real!!
Great talk Dr. Mehret, I wish primary school teachers follow your advice and teach kids before they start to internalize fear...እናመሰግናለን！
Powerful & impessive! Happy to see a sister in that position.
honest. inspiring. interesting. thank you, Dr. Mandefro.
God bless you. I am proud of you & Ethiopia. Thank you for your help.
beautifully said. Thank you Dr.
This spoke so much to me and I am sure will speak to so many more. Leaving my village today!
word!
great voice
Good Job Dr. Mehret! It is really an eye opener.
It's great thanks Dr. Meheret for sharing us .
Thank you Dr Mhret! 👏👏
I am moved by your presentation. It is true. I have learned a great deal. Tax and Stay Blessed.
Excellent very inspiring!!
You are amazing!
God bless you.
wow this was amazing. u spoke the truth....
This is amazing 🙌
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You're amazing!!!!
Amazing speech your are my owner thank u
I love the movie Difret. Great story but sad.
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What unfortunate about Ethiopia 🇪🇹 especially now its existence, is debatable as a nation.
Amazing speech your my owner i was so Surprise
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Amazing Dr. Mehret! I am so happy and blessed to know you in person. I learned so many valuable lessons from your speech. Thank you so much!