Invisible Line film at DOK.fest Munich Film Festival

Invisible Line film at DOK.fest Munich Film Festival

May 6-24, 2020, you can view the new Third Wave documentary “The Invisible Line” streaming worldwide online at DOK.fest Munich Film Festival (German or English). Interviews with the original teacher Ron Jones, his wife, and seven students. The History Channel and...
“Invisible Line” premiere event

“Invisible Line” premiere event

The new Wave documentary “The Invisible Line” had its world premiere press event in Munich, Germany, on December 10, 2019. Third Wave students Debbie Berry and Mark Hancock joined A&E/History Channel producer Emanuel Rotstein in a panel discussion and...
Beth Am screens “Lesson Plan”

Beth Am screens “Lesson Plan”

Congregation Beth Am in Palo Alto, California, showed the Wave documentary film “Lesson Plan” as part of their Tisha B’Av event, and hosted Mark Hancock for a Q&A discussion after the screening.
London – Dulwich College talk

London – Dulwich College talk

Mark screened the Wave documentary “Lesson Plan” followed by a Q&A session with 200 students at Dulwich College in London (his second visit to DC). The assembly was held in the Great Hall, which was used for the ending scene speech in the movie...
CANDLES Holocaust Museum

CANDLES Holocaust Museum

Mark screened the Third Wave documentary “Lesson Plan” at the CANDLES Holocaust Museum on April 16, 2019, followed by audience Q&A; and visited with school groups at the Museum earlier that day. Mark traveled to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland with...
University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

On November 12, 2018, Mark was the guest of the World Life Center at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. After a public screening of the documentary “Lesson Plan” there was a Q&A session with Mark and the audience.
The Wave play, Tel Aviv, Israel

The Wave play, Tel Aviv, Israel

Mark attended the Wave play production by the Orna Porat Children’s Theater held at the Tel Aviv Art Museum theater on June 23, 2018, and did a Q&A session with the audience of 400 thereafter. He also did media support for the show, including a live TV...
WSCSS Conference Workshop

WSCSS Conference Workshop

Mark and teacher Tamara Bunnell (The Northwest School) did a workshop session about The Wave for teachers at the fall conference of the Washington State Council for the Social Studies (WSCSS) on October 7, 2017. Mark also did a tabletop display of The Wave at the...
Third Wave 50th Anniversary !

Third Wave 50th Anniversary !

Mark joined teacher Ron Jones and fellow Third Wave students Phil Neel and Jo Ann Wood Gasaway at the Third Wave anniversary event at the Cubberley High School theater, on March 22, 2017. We screened our documentary film “Lesson Plan” to a sold-out audience of 300,...
“La Ola” play in Madrid, Spain

“La Ola” play in Madrid, Spain

Mark attended and supported the play “La Ola” at the national theater in Madrid, Spain from February 18-24, 2015 (Centro Dramatico Nacional). Activities included attending several performances, a special panel discussion night with audience Q&A, and...
Univ. of Victoria Holocaust Day

Univ. of Victoria Holocaust Day

University of Victoria in Canada held a Holocaust education day for local high schools on February 12, 2015. Mark screened the Wave documentary film “Lesson Plan” in the morning, followed by a Q&A discussion with professors and the students. The event...
“The Wave” play in Cincinnati, OH

“The Wave” play in Cincinnati, OH

Mark attended the play “The Wave” by Logan (Jon) Kovach at the Cincinnati National Underground Railroad Freedom Center theater on November 13, 2014, and they held a Q&A session with the audience afterwards. Later that day Mark did a Wave presentation...
Leadership Institute of S. Puget Sound

Leadership Institute of S. Puget Sound

Mark presented his Wave talk Leaders & Followers to the Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound on May 8, 2013, followed by discussion with the students in the program. Mark is a 1999 graduate of the Institute.                Link:...
“Lesson Plan” at Har Zion Temple

“Lesson Plan” at Har Zion Temple

Original Wave teacher Ron Jones and students Philip Neel and Mark Hancock supported the screening of the Wave documentary “Lesson Plan” at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, PA on 10/21/12. A Q&A session with the audience of 500 attendees followed.
“Lesson Plan” at United Nations

“Lesson Plan” at United Nations

On May 8, 2012, Alyssa Reit and Mark Hancock screened the Wave documentary film “Lesson Plan” at the United Nations, at a luncheon held by the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action, and hosted by the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and...
“Lesson Plan” documentary debut in San Francisco

“Lesson Plan” documentary debut in San Francisco

The Third Wave documentary film “Lesson Plan” had its San Francisco debut on 2/26/11, followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Philip Zimbardo (creator Stanford Prison Experiment), original Wave teacher Ron Jones, and Wave students Philip Neel and Mark...
California Film Institute talk

California Film Institute talk

Ron Jones and Mark presented the Wave documentary film “Lesson Plan” at the California Film Institute on April 19, 2010, to students in their “A Place in the World” program. Mark returned on May 1, 2013 for another Wave presentation to students...
“Die Welle” Sundance premiere

“Die Welle” Sundance premiere

Original Third Wave teacher Ron Jones and Wave students Philip Neel and Mark Hancock attended the world premiere of the German film “Die Welle” (The Wave) at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008.