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Special Screening of Half the Sky with a Keynote Address by Sheryl WuDunn
November 16, 2012Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of Half the Sky is coming to Seattle, Saturday Nov 17! Join us for a special screening of the new PBS documentary based on the book by her and Nicholas Kristof. Inspired by the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
November 16, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. When it comes to online film distribution, you probably know about Facebook and Twitter. Update your outlook by learning what the new players — such as Sparkwise, Slated, Tugg, and reddit — can do for documentary filmmakers. San Francisco’s DOCFEST rages on at the Roxie Theater…
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1,000 Stories from Women Entrepreneurs
November 15, 2012Women and Girls Lead campaign partner, The Story Exchange, is teaming up with The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership to launch 1,000 Stories, a new project aimed at understanding the needs of women business owners and giving their stories the media exposure they deserve. Did you know that women perform 66% of the world’s work and produce 50%…
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Park Avenue Response
November 15, 2012Following the broadcast of Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream, the New York City affiliate presented a community affairs program on the issue of income and economic disparity. The following statements were issued from the offices of Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and David Koch, who were both covered in the film. "This film gets Senator…
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Solar Mamas Inspires Audience Engagement
November 14, 2012Solar Mamas is an inspiring and moving film about Rafea, a beautiful, strong-willed 32-year-old Jordanian mother of four, traveling outside of her village for the first time in order to attend Barefoot College's solar engineering program. India’s Barefoot College, where rural, poor, and often illiterate women from around the world, offers them a rare…