Events
To have Matthew VanDyke speak at your event, email matthew@matthewvandyke.com
For film festival screenings of Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, visit the film's website - www.SyrianRevolutionFilm.com
5-3-13: Matthew VanDyke gave a speech and showed a working copy (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at the Syrian American Alliance fundraiser dinner "We Will Stand Again and Again" in New York. Read Matthew VanDyke's speech and see a poster from the event here.
4-28-13: A working copy (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Benefit Concert for Syria in San Jose, California where Dylan Connor will be performing his Syrian revolution songs and SOC Leader Haitham Al Maleh will be the keynote speaker. Details here...
April 27, 2013 (Boston, MA): S.O.S - Showing Our Solidarity - for Syria (view event details here) (working copy of the film shown, not the final version)
4-22-13: Matthew VanDyke gave a speech and showed a working copy (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. The event was titled "The Syrian Revolution Continues" and was sponsored by Yalla Bina and the Syrian American Alliance (SAA) New York chapter. Wael Faraj also spoke at the event. Read Matthew VanDyke's speech and see a photo from the event here.
4-17-13: Matthew VanDyke showed a working copy (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at American University as part of AU Syria Solidarity Week. The film was shown in conjunction with a panel discussion about the war in Syria. Read Matthew VanDyke's short introduction to the film here.
4-11-13: Matthew VanDyke gave a speech titled "My Experiences as an American Fighter in the Libyan Revolution" at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He also showed a working copy (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at the event. Read Matthew VanDyke's speech "My Experiences as an American Fighter in the Libyan Revolution" and see photos from the event here.
4-4-13: Matthew VanDyke was invited to attend the Women in the World Summit in New York and was at the event. Most of the preview trailer for his documentary film about the war in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the event, to an audience that included Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Susan Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks, Christiane Amanpour, Lesley Stahl, Meryl Streep, and many others. The star and producer of his Syria war documentary film, Nour Kelze, was supposed to be interviewed on stage by Barbara Walters but Nour withdrew from the event because of threats she was receiving in Syria.
3-19-13: Matthew VanDyke gave a speech titled "Matthew VanDyke: My Experiences as an American Fighting in the Libyan Revolution" at the Queen's International Affairs Association at the Queen's University campus in Kingston, Ontario. He also showed a working version (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at the event. Read the transcript of Matthew VanDyke's "My Experiences as an American Fighting in the Libyan Revolution" speech and see the poster for the event here.
3-17-13 - Matthew VanDyke gave a speech at the Syrian-American Women Activists' Syrian Women in the Revolution: Empowering, Impacting & Shaping the Future conference in Washington, DC. He also showed a working version (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at the event. Read the transcript of Matthew VanDyke's "Syrian Women in the Revolution" Conference speech and see a photo from the event here.
3-16-13 - Matthew VanDyke gave a speech at the Syrian American Alliance's Hand in Hand for a Free Syria fundraising banquet in Alexandria, Virginia. He also showed a working version (not the final version, which was saved for film festivals) of his Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at the event. Read the transcript of Matthew VanDyke's "Hand in Hand for a Free Syria" fundraising banquet speech and see a poster for the event here.
3-16-13 - Matthew VanDyke will be speaking at a rally for Syria at Lafayette Park (across from the White House in Washington, DC) on March 16. Read the transcript of Matthew VanDyke's "Hand in Hand for a Free Syria" rally speech here
11-19-12 - Matthew VanDyke gave a speech at The Libya Summit in Tripoli, Libya about his experiences fighting in the Libyan civil war. He was the first speaker of the four day conference that brought together business leaders, industry leaders, global policy makers, diplomats and other stakeholders across various industries on a single platform to deliberate the transformation of Libya as a model of stability and economic excellence. Read the transcript of his speech and see a photo from the event here
2-18-12 - Matthew VanDyke gave a speech at the Libyan Mission to the United Nations about his experiences fighting in the Libyan revolution, at an event to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Libyan revolution. Read the transcript of his speech and see photos from the event here