Half the Sky, Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For
Half tHe sky, turning OppressiOn intO OppOrtunity fOr OCTOBER 2012 wOmen wOrldwide PRemIeReS SUnday, OctobeR 7 AnD 14 at 9Pm “The role and rights of women, their freedom and equality Get an email reminder to watch the show and dignity, is the unfinished business of the 21st century,” Preview videos and more at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in Half the Sky, thirteen.org/halfthesky Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a four-hour television event and transmedia project premiering this month on WLIW21. Half the Sky inspired by the bestselling book by pulitzer prize-winning authors nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn, the series — a special presentation of Independent Lens — examines the stories of challenge, oppression of women and girls around the world. actresses eva mendes, meg ryan, gabrielle union, diane Lane, america ferrera, and olivia transformation and hope wilde join kristof as he travels to asia and africa to meet courageous individuals in six countries who are living under some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable — and fighting bravely to change them. executive producer and director maro Chermayeff’s most recent public television series, Circus, offered a behind-the-scenes look at life at the Big apple Circus. when asked why she decided to do a series about women’s oppression, she said, “nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn came to me with fellow executive producers mikaela Beardsley and Jamie gordon when the project first landed in the hands of public broadcasting. pat harrison, president and Ceo of the Corporation for public Broadcasting (CpB) is deeply committed to the project and knows my work from past projects.
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