Fireside Chat with Riz Ahmed: Comedy, Culture, and the Mess in Between

In this fireside chat with Maurine Knighton, Chief Program Officer of the Doris Duke Foundation and Emmy and Oscar-winning storyteller, Riz Ahmed, unpack his upcoming Amazon comedy series BAIT premiering on Prime Video on March 25.  As creator, writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner, Riz also stars in the series as Shah Latif, a struggling actor, whose last chance to hit it big comes in the form of an audition of a lifetime. The series follows him over the course of four wild days as his life spirals out of control and his family, ex-lover, and the entire world weigh in on whether he is the right man for the job.

Speakers: 

• Riz Ahmed, Actor
• Maurine Knighton, Chief Program Officer, Doris Duke Foundation