This series of posts from the Paradigm Shift community is in honor of Feb. 21-27, 2010. View call for submissions- deadline 3/5-
by Elisa Kreisinger
Created by mashing corporate media’s oversexualized depiction of women with a trailer for a misogynistic horror movie, “Captivity” illustrates that our society’s standards of beauty hold women captive.
Post-screening Discussion at
Tick Tock Diner- 481 8th Ave. (@ 34th St.)
View the trailer
Check out WomenAndHollywood.com’s recent post
Visionary Heavenly Creatures director Peter Jackson teams with longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to adapt author Alice Sebold’s best-selling novel concerning a murdered young girl who watches from heaven as her family attempts to cope with their devastating loss, and tracks her killer as he stealthily covers his tracks and prepares to claim his next victim.
– Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
CRITICS’ PICK- PARADIGM SHIFT HONORED FOR 5TH TIME!
UPDATE- AS OF 2/18- tickets are almost sold out- please buy now!
Portion of the proceeds donated to Willie Mae Rock Camp For Girls
Buy Tickets Now- this event will sell out!
Network with your community before & after discussion
“This book is solidly researched, candidly personal, and smartly political. Valenti skewers sexism from abstinence campaigns to pop culture. Every young woman should read The Purity Myth – and it sure as hell would help if every young man read it as well!”
– Robin Morgan, Author and Activist
“It’s hard not to love Jessica Valenti. The Brooklyn-based founder of Feministing.com–the uncompromising, balls-out, feminist blog–is brilliant, beautiful, and not even 30 years old.”
–BUST magazine
When: TUES, FEB. 23rd
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
The Tank- 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).
Subway directions:
Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square. Walk West.
Cost: $7 students/pre-paid, $10 at door
Partners include
Therese Shechter, Director of “How to Lose Your Virginity”
The American Virgin blog
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Chicks Rock, a program of The Women’s Mosaic
NARAL Pro-Choice New York
Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council
Bluestockings
NOW NYS YFTF
Manhattan Young Democrats
New Yorkers Against Religion-Based Bigotry
WomenAndHollywood.com
ABOUT JESSICA VALENTI:
http://jessicavalenti.com
BUY “The Purity Myth”- now out in paperback:
ABOUT “THE PURITY MYTH”:
The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. The Purity Myth is an important and timely critique of about why this is so, and why it’s problematic for girls and women. Analyzing cultural stereotypes and media messages, Jessica Valenti reveals the overt and hidden ways our society links a woman’s worth to her sexuality rather than to values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti takes on issues ranging from abstinence-only education to pornography and exposes the legal and social punishments that women who dare to have sex endure. Importantly, she also offers solutions that pave the way for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity, including a call to rethink male sexuality and reframe the idea of “losing it.” With Valenti’s usual balance of intelligence and wit, The Purity Myth presents a powerful and revolutionary argument that valuing girls and women for their sexuality needs to stop–and outlines a new vision for how it can happen.
ABOUT WILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS:
http://www.williemaerockcamp.org
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls is a non-profit music and mentoring program that empowers girls and women through music education and activities that foster self-respect, leadership skills, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.
TIMEOUT NY RATED CRITICS’ PICK! PARADIGM SHIFT HONORED FOR 4TH TIME!
http://newyork.timeout.com/events/city-picks/314715/sex-consent-power-pleasure
Endorsed by WBAI-FM 99.5
Join our special honored guests including former Paradigm Shift event
speakers, feminist authors, activists, and thought leaders
Attendees are welcome to discuss & document their thoughts on consent
for the “Where is Your Line?” campaign
When: TUES, DEC. 1st
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
Gallery Bar
120 Orchard Street, between Delancey St. and Rivington St.
Subway: Delancey-Essex Sts (F, J, M, Z), Grand St (B, D), 2nd
Ave-Houston St (F, V)
Cost: $7 if you RSVP before Dec. 1st, 12:00 noon / Students FREE / $10
at door
RSVP (include full name and guests): rsvp@paradigmshiftnyc.com
Calling all progressives! Promote this event and we’ll help
promote your organization!
Email: JWeis@paradigmshiftnyc.com
http://thelinemovie.org
A one night stand far from home goes terribly wrong. As the filmmaker
unravels her experience, she decides to confront her attacker. Told
through a “sex-positive” lens, THE LINE is a 24 minute
documentary about a young woman – the filmmaker- who is raped,
but her story isn’t cut and dry. Not a “perfect
victim,” the filmmaker confronts her attacker, recording the
conversation with a hidden camera. Sex workers, survivors and
activists discuss justice, accountability and today’s
“rape culture.” The film asks the question: where is the
line defining consent? THE LINE was completed in July 2009.
Nancy Schwartzman is a filmmaker, writer and activist working for over
thirteen years to create community solutions to combat sexual violence
and promote public debate. THE LINE is a personal documentary that
explores consent from a sex-positive point of view. With an emphasis
on interactivity and dialogue, she launched the accompanying
“where is your line?” campaign. Prior to THE LINE, she
produced the award-winning short film OCEAN AVENUE.
Nancy is the founder of NYC-Safestreets.org an online initiative noted
by The New York Times, Gawker, The Village Voice and The Daily News to
engage community organizations and businesses to create safer routes
for pedestrians, especially women. From 2002- 2005 she was a founding
editor and Creative Director of HEEB Magazine. For six years Nancy was
the Program Officer at the Fund for Jewish Documentary Film. She has
curated short film festivals at the Pioneer Theater, Berlin, London
and Tel Aviv. Her essays have been featured in The Independent, HEEB,
Sh’ma and Plenty Magazine.
Nancy lectures extensively on college campuses on the topic of consent
and healthy sexual boundaries. She is a graduate of Columbia
University with a degree in Art History and Film. She has lived in
Paris and Jerusalem, and currently resides in Brooklyn. She recently
married Isaac Mathes, her cameraman.
Erin Burrows, M.A., completed her Fifth Year MA in Women’s
History at Sarah Lawrence in 2009. She was a leader in the successful
campaign at Sarah Lawrence College to rewrite the Sexual Harassment
and Sexual Assault Policy and improve sexual assault services on
campus. Erin was heavily involved with feminist and queer organizing
on campus, leading to numerous changes in programming and policy
including mandatory anti-oppression training for student senators.
Erin was awarded the Senior Appreciation Award for recognition of her
undergraduate leadership in 2008. She has been working for SAFER since
August, 2008 and joined the board in May, 2009. She currently works as
a Community Educator in the Domestic Violence Education and Prevention
Program at My Sisters’ Place, based in Yonkers, NY.
http://www.mencanstoprape.org
Prior to joining Men Can Stop Rape as Campus Strength Coordinator,
Joseph was co-president of Columbia University’s men’s group, Columbia
Men Against Violence. He has been working on rape prevention and
anti-violence work with young men in New York and other areas for 15
years.
http://www.ignaciorivera.com
Ignacio Rivera is a Queer, gender fluid, Trans- Entity, Black Boricua
performance artist, currently performing skits, spoken word,
one-person shows and story-telling internationally. Ignacio is a
lecturer/trainer, activist, new filmmaker and self-proclaimed sex
educator. As a lecturer/ trainer, Ignacio has spoken at home and
abroad on such topics of racism, sexism, homo/transphobia, transgender
issues, sexual liberation, anti-oppression, anti-violence, multi-issue
organizing and more. Ignacio currently consultants with various
organizations in New York City conducting professional development
trainings for NYC high school staff.
http://www.safercampus.org
Started by Columbia University students in 2000, Students Active for
Ending Rape (SAFER) is the only organization that fights sexual
violence and rape culture by empowering student-led campaigns to
reform college sexual assault policies. An all-volunteer collective,
SAFER facilitates student organizing through a comprehensive training
manual; in-person workshops and trainings; free follow-up mentoring;
our Campus Sexual Assault Policies Database; and a growing online
resource library and network for student organizers. SAFER firmly
believes that sexual violence is both influenced by and contributes to
multiple forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, and
homo/transphobia, and view our anti-sexual violence work through a
broader anti-oppression lens.
Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Feministing.com
Identity House
http://www.identityhouse.org
http://hunterequality.blogspot.com/
http://youngfeministtaskforce.blogspot.com/
Supported by the Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council, NARAL Pro-Choice NY, NOW NYS Young Feminist Task Force, The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
Find a lover, mate, date, partner, soul mate, friend, fling….or all of the above!
Color coded name tags can identify your orientation & relationship status
Rubin Museum: http://www.rmanyc.org
Jivamukti yoga school: http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com
Brooklyn Museum: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org
Bluestockings: http://bluestockings.com
Tastee Vegan: http://www.tasteevegan.com
Music provided by Katie Camosy of TRASHBAT
When: Thursday, NOV. 19th
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
People Lounge, 163 Allen Street, NYC
(Between Stanton and Rivington, F or V Train to 2nd Ave)
HopStop.com Directions
http://www.hopstop.com/route?zip2=10002&address2=163+ALLEN+ST&mode=s
Cost: $7 if you RSVP before 12:00 pm 11/19, $10 at door
Buy DISCOUNT Tickets:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=s-xclick&hosted_buttonid=9144587
Email: RSVP@ParadigmShiftNYC.com with full name & guests
Participate:
Promote this event and we’ll promote your organization!
Email: JWeis@paradigmshiftnyc.com
PARTNERS:
Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council
NOW NYS Young Feminist Task Force
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
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October 11, Sunday- Timeline
5:30 am– Meet Paradigm Shifters at bus departure location
Location: 16 West 22nd Street (between 5th and 6th Ave), NYC
Chelsea/West Village Bus with New York City Council speaker, Christine Quinn!
6:00 am– BUS Depart (TIME UPDATE- bus organizers changed the bus departure time 10/6!)
10:30 am– BUS ARRIVE in DC- Union Station- take the Red Line in direction of Shady Grove, get out at the Farragut North stop (7 min ride), exit at the Connecticut and K St exit, walk 1/2 block south on Connecticut, Connecticut merges onto 17th St, walk 1 block south on 17th, turn left on I (eye) st.- walk 2 blocks to march start point on 15th and I (eye) st.
11:45 am or before– if you are meeting us in DC- meet at 15th St. at I (Eye) St. and call 201-394-8173 to find us.
12:00 pm– MARCH STARTS-
Gather on 15th Street at “I” (Eye) Street – we will be staging in the street and 15th between “I” Street and “M” Street will be closed for this purpose. The March will kick off from 15th and I Street, right near McPherson Square (Metro stops close by are at McPherson Square, Farragut West – both Blue and Orange Lines, and Farragut North – Red Line).
March Route:
2:00 pm– RALLY STARTS at U.S. Capitol West Lawn
4:15 pm– LEAVE to take bus to NYC- from US Capitol, walk north on 1st St, make a right onto Louisiana Ave. to Union Station.
5:00 pm– BUS DEPART DC
9:00 pm– RETURN TO NYC
BUY YOUR BUS TICKETS HERE- THIS IS NOT SOLD OUT (as of Oct 6th):
Paradigm Shifters will be on the Chelsea/West Village Bus with New York City Council speaker, Christine Quinn!
Round Trip Tickets cost $35.84 and are available at
http://nycgomarch.eventbrite.com/
This bus is organized by National Equality March
Contact: a.meadows@nationalequalitymarch.com
646-871-8002
TO MARCH WITH PARADIGM SHIFT- PLEASE CALL Meredith 201-394-8173 or email rsvp@paradigmshiftnyc.com by Oct. 9th 8pm
* INCLUDE full name, email, cell, method of transportation *
We March with One Single Demand:
Equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states. We will accept no less and will work until it is achieved.
We are guaranteed equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. Free and equal people do not bargain for or prioritize our rights. Full equality necessarily includes all members of the LGBT community and encompasses, but is not limited to:
The right to work our jobs and go to school free of harassment and discrimination.
The right to safety in our daily lives, and protection from hate crimes.
The right to equitable healthcare, and the right to donate blood.
The right to equitable immigration policies.
The right to marry.
The right to serve in the military openly.
March info:
http://www.equalityacrossamerica.org/
Supporters: Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, NARAL, New York Abortion Access Fund, New York Coalition for Abortion Clinic Defense, National Organization for Women at NYU, NOW – NYS Young Feminist Task Force, Hunter Women’s Rights Coalition, Soapbox Inc., Author/Activist Jennifer Baumgardner
Event Topics Include:
The Reproductive Health Act:
BONUS RAFFLE! for EVENT pass granting FREE admission to Paradigm Shift events for one year.
When: Wed, Sept 23rd
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
People Lounge, 163 Allen Street, NYC
(Between Stanton and Rivington, F or V Train to 2nd Ave)
Click Here for Hop Stop Directions
Cost: $5 suggested donation/ students FREE
Participate:
Calling All Feminists- help promote and we’ll help promote your organization!
Email: JWeis@paradigmshiftnyc.com
ABOUT NYCLU:
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation’s foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights.
ABOUT CORINNE CAREY:
http://www.nyclu.org/about/staff
Prior to joining the NYCLU, Corinne Carey was a researcher with the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch, where she produced reports and engaged in advocacy on domestic human rights issues including the rights of people with criminal records, sex offender registration and community notification laws, and the evacuation of correctional facilities during Hurricane Katrina.
Carey graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. She began her legal career with a fellowship from the Open Society Institute as the founder and director of the Harm Reduction Law Project, based in the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Program in New York City. She provided direct legal services to drug users in harm reduction programs throughout the city.
A longtime drug law reform and harm reduction advocate, Carey was a founding member of Prevention Point Philadelphia, that city’s first needle exchange program. She serves on the board of directors of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and has spoken about the rights of drug users to local, national and international audiences. She has also taught courses in law and urban problems and civil rights and civil liberties at New York University and Brooklyn College.
ABOUT REV. MATTHEW WESTFOX:
http://www.rcrc.org/issues/speakers.cfm
Reverend Matthew Westfox is the National Coordinator for Field Services for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. He also serves as Associate Pastor of All Souls Bethlehem Church in Brooklyn, New York, and is ordained through the United Church of Christ. Before attending seminary at Pacific School of Religion, Reverend Westfox was a community organizer for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and a legislative aide for New York State Senator Thomas K. Duane.
ABOUT CAROL ROYE:
Carol Roye is a well-known researcher in reproductive health who specializes in issues pertinent to adolescents, including teen pregnancy prevention and working with mothers of pregnant and parenting teens to improve outcomes for their daughters. She was also awarded a prestigious research grant from the National Institutes of Health to study HIV/AIDS prevention. Her work is featured by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and appears in the National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth. She has appeared on radio and television to talk about adolescent and women’s health issues and has spoken at numerous national and international conferences.
Dr. Roye is a Professor of Nursing at Hunter College in New York City and a practicing pediatric nurse practitioner. She splits her professional time between research, teaching and her clinical practice providing reproductive health care to adolescent girls in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York. She is the author of many publications on a range of topics in adolescent reproductive health, including Adolescent Sexual Development and Sexuality: Assessment and Interventions, a popular book for professionals who work with teenagers around issues of sexuality.
She is the mother of six children, the last adopted from a Romanian orphanage, and the grandmother of eight.
She is currently at work on a book which examines the genesis of current, unfavorable reproductive health policies and the adverse impact they have on child health in the U.S. and overseas.
ABOUT JENN PROULX:
Jenn Proulx is a filmmaker and editor; credits include Food Network, PBS, truTV, VH1 Network and A&E Television.
ABOUT PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY:
http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com
Use the “F” word.
Discuss. Evolve. Grow with Us.
Change NYC. Change the World.
Paradigm Shift is New York City’s largest feminist community
group and event series.
Paradigm Shift TV, the pioneering online feminist video channel:
http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/feminism/category/pshifttv
Paradigm Shift’s Blog:
http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/feminism/category/blog
Featuring:
Vinnie Angel
Feminist & purveyor of social justice consumer products
Robert Brannon
Co-Founder, National Organization for Men Against Sexism
Jerin Alam
National NOW Young Feminist Task Force
Ben Siegel
Former VP of Hunter College Women’s Rights Coalition
Dr. Michael Kimmel
One of the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world (his latest work is the acclaimed Guyland)
PLUS!
several honored guests from the feminist community, including past PShift speakers!!
PORTION OF PROCEEDS DONATED TO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEN AGAINST SEXISM
SEE VINNIE on Paradigm Shift TV!
When: Wed, Aug 19th
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
People Lounge, 163 Allen Street, NYC
(Between Stanton and Rivington, F or V Train to 2nd Ave)
Click Here for Hop Stop Directions
Cost: $7.00 if you RSVP to below email address before Aug 19 @ 1:00 PM
$10 at door.
Please include full names and emails of all guests.
rsvp@paradigmshiftnyc.com
Participate:
Calling All Feminists- help promote and we’ll help promote your organization!
Email: JWeis@paradigmshiftnyc.com
Vinnie Angel’s Products:
www.vinnieangel.com
– The famous Vinnie’s Tampon Case
– Cramp Relieving bubble bath
– Music For Menstruators CD
– Vinnie’s GIANT Roller Coaster Period Chart and Sticker Book
– Vinnie’s Cramp Kicking Remedy Book
The Truth About Vinnie’s Tampon Case:
Vinnie’s Project Goal: To create an affordable (or free) everyday
object that would encourage a positive and non-sexual dialog between
guys and girls about a woman’s body– in hopes of sparking
education that will work towards ending violence against women.
Vinnie’s Inspiration: A friend revealed to me her having been
kidnapped and raped by a group of strange men when she was in high
school. The recurring trauma of her experience compounded by the fact
that her family didn’t know how to deal with the crime and the
fact that the perps were never arrested or brought to justice shook me
to my core.
Furious at a society that refuses to develop the tools to deal with
such horrific and wide-spread behavior I took it upon myself to
attempt to change the environment that allows a college educated male
like myself to be willfully ignorant of a woman’s well being
and safety.
Vinnie’s Famous!
Vinnie’s Tampon Case has been featured in nearly every
woman’s magazine, on countless radio programs, in newspapers
across the globe, on TV shows, in documentaries, in books, at the Andy
Warhol Museum, offered in stores around the world, given away by
Justin Timberlake at his 22nd birthday party, discussed in Harvard
classrooms, and, most importantly, discussed by boys and girls on
playgrounds.
Robert Brannon
Co-Founder of National Organization for Men Against Sexism
www.nomas.org
Robert Brannon, Professor, Brooklyn College and NOMAS co-founder. He
serves as Men’s Studies Association and NOMAS Pornography and
Prostitution Task Group leader and is NYS-NOW Task Force Co-Chair on
Trafficking, Pornography and Prostitution.
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism, founded in 1974, is
an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes
for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay
affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men’s lives, and
committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including
class, age, religion, and physical abilities.
Ben Siegel
Former VP of Hunter College Women’s Rights Coalition
Ben helped organize a national women’s rights conference, and is a
passionate feminist activist.
Jerin Alam
National NOW Young Feminist Task Force
http://www.now.org/programs/yf/taskforce/index.html
Jerin Alam, originally from Bangladesh, served as President of the
Hunter Women’s Rights Coalition (HWRC), a group with several
male officers, while attending Hunter College from April 2007 to
graduation.
Along with HWRC, she helped organize a national feminist conference in
which Gloria Steinem and Rosie O’Donnell participated. Her
recent efforts with HWRC have included lobbying for immigrants’
rights, and events to raise awareness and combat eating disorders and
body issues, and fight sexual violence. She set up various
anti-violence workshops on campus with Men Can Stop Rape and the
Bringing in the Bystander Program, where public safety trainers from
CUNY Central – as well as rape crisis counselors from around the city
– were trained in violence prevention.
Alam was recently accepted into the NOW National Young Feminist Task
Force, and was invited to speak at the NOW National Conference and the
Men Can Stop Rape conference.
Dr. Michael Kimmel
One of the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world (his latest work is the acclaimed Guyland)
SEE MORE VIDEOS ABOUT FEMINIST MEN ON PARADIGM SHIFT TV:
ALSO OUR SEE VIEWER FEEDBACK QUESTIONS – we want to hear your thoughts!!
Feminist Men on PshiftTV
Paradigm Shift: NYC’s Feminist Community Proudly Presents:
“The Sari Soldiers” Documentary Screening
and Discussion with Julie Bridgham, Filmmaker
a portion of proceeds donated to
The Sari Soldiers’ Outreach Fund at Women Make Movies
“Captures ordinary women’s extraordinary lives and reveals them as
important pieces of history. Anyone concerned with social justice,
gender justice and human rights should see it.”
– Rama Lohani-Chase, Women’s and Gender Studies Dept., The College of New Jersey
“It gives new meaning to the words courage and resilience.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times
SEE TRAILER ON PARADIGM SHIFT TV
When: Wed, July 22nd
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
People Lounge, 163 Allen Street, NYC
(Between Stanton and Rivington, F or V Train to 2nd Ave)
HopStop.com Directions
Cost: $10 at door (discounted summer rate!)
BONUS: RAFFLE of Paradigm Shift Free Pass granting recipient free
admission for one year!!
SYNOPSIS:
http://www.sarisoldiers.com
Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in
Nepal’s modern history, THE SARI SOLDIERS is an extraordinary story of
six women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of
an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s
crackdown on civil liberties.
When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being
tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly
about the atrocity. The army abducts her daughter in retaliation, and
Devi embarks on a three-year struggle to uncover her daughter’s fate
and see justice done. THE SARI SOLDIERS follows her and five other
brave women, including Maoist Commander Kranti; Royal Nepal Army
Officer Rajani; Krishna, a monarchist from a rural community who leads
a rebellion against the Maoists; Mandira, a human rights lawyer; and
Ram Kumari, a young student activist shaping the protests
to reclaim democracy. THE SARI SOLDIERS intimately delves into the
extraordinary journey of these women on opposing sides of the
conflict, through the democratic revolution that reshapes the
country’s future.
AWARDS:
• Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New York; Nestor Almendros Prize
• Tri-Continental Film Festival, India; Grand Jury Prize
• Rencontres International Film Festival, Montreal; Prix Camera au
Poing: Best Socio-Political Film
• Watch Docs Film Festival, Warsaw; Special Jury Mention
JULIE BRIDGHAM, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER BIO:
Julie Bridgham is a Sundance Institute Documentary Fellow, and the
Director and Producer of the award-winning documentary, THE SARI
SOLDIERS, for which she received the 2008 Nestor Almendros Prize for
courage and commitment in human rights filmmaking. Over the past six
years, she has lived for extended periods in Nepal where she produced
and directed numerous documentaries including several documentaries
for the United Nations and the films INDENTURED DAUGHTERS, a
documentary on Nepali girls sent into bonded labor, as well as the
films HOPE IN THE HIMALAYAS and CHILDREN OF HOPE for the Nepalese
Youth Opportunity Foundation. She has produced and directed numerous
documentary series that have taken her around the globe, including
“Exotic Islands”, and the series “Royal Families of the World,” as
well as documentary series for the BBC, the Discovery Channel and TLC.
Before working in documentary television, she worked in Costa Rica as
a Project Officer for an environmental project with the United
Nations, and in Bolivia as a researcher for a human rights
organization.
DISTRIBUTED BY WOMEN MAKE MOVIES:
http://www.wmm.com
Established in 1972 to address the under representation and
misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is
a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which
facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of
independent films and videotapes by and about women. The organization
provides services to both users and makers of film and video programs,
with a special emphasis on supporting work by women of color. Women
Make Movies facilitates the development of feminist media through an
internationally recognized Distribution Service and a Production
Assistance Program.
SEE FEMINIST FILM TRAILERS ON PARADIGM SHIFT TV:
SEE VIEWER FEEDBACK QUESTIONS – we want to hear your thoughts!!
http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/feminism/category/pshifttv/feminist-film-trailers/
Location: The People Lounge
When: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: In the heart of the Feminist District
People Lounge, 163 Allen Street, NYC
(Between Stanton and Rivington, F or V Train to 2nd Ave)
HopStop.com Directions CLICK HERE
Cost: FREE!!
ALL WELCOME to CELEBRATE & PARTICIPATE!!!
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Email post to:
Blog@paradigmshiftnyc.com
Original content can be related to:
your POV, feminism, women’s issues, LGBT issues, your activism or
work, your passions, your performances, music videos, ideas welcome!
Post private video to YouTube and send a link to:
ssmith@paradigmshiftnyc.com
or
email video to above address
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