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Visit Barrie Pribyl (Emeritus) Helen D WOMEN 2009 MAKE NEW RELEASES MOVIES WMM www.wmm.com Women Make Movies Staff Liza Brice Online Marketing & Outreach Coordinator ABOUT Jessica Drammeh IT/Facilities Coordinator WOMEN Teri Duerr Publicity & Publications Manager Kristen Fitzpatrick MAKE Distribution Manager Tracie Holder Production Assistance MOVIES Program Consultant Stephanie Houghton From cutting-edge documentaries that give depth to today’s headlines to Educational Sales & Marketing Coordinator smart, stunning films that push artistic and intellectual boundaries in all genres, Gayathri Iyer Women Make Movies (WMM) is the world’s leading distributor of independent Office Manager Maya Jakubowicz films by and about women. 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Filmed over three years during the most historic “A surefire Oscar nominee Fearless, feisty and resolute, the “Rough Reveals a changing and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, The for doc next year.... Aunties” are a remarkable group of women world and compels us to Masterful, gut-wrenching, Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six unwavering in their stand to protect and care for acknowledge the impor- uplifting.... A great story tance for reconciliation in women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s to which every person the abused, neglected and forgotten children of reconstructing our country. future in the midst of an escalating civil war can relate. Even though Durban, South Africa. This latest documentary These women are true against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crack- South Africa has so many by internationally acclaimed director Kim Longi- revolutionaries.” down on civil liberties. specific issues, this movie notto (Sisters in Law, Divorce Iranian Style) fol- Dr. Bidya Ranjeet is universal and somehow, lows the outspoken, multiracial cadre of Thuli, President, The Nepali When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, wit- more relevant than ever.” Women’s Global Network David Poland Mildred, Sdudla, Eureka and Jackie, as they nesses her niece being tortured and murdered Hotblog wage a daily battle against systemic apathy, cor- by the Royal Nepal Army, she embarks on a “Captures ordinary ruption, and greed to help the most vulnerable women’s extraordinary three-year struggle to uncover her daughter’s fate “Inspiring...exemplary.... and disenfranchised of their communities. lives and reveals them as and see justice done. The Sari Soldiers follows A doc of complete important pieces of history. her and five other brave women: Maoist Com- wonder, it makes so many Despite the harsh realities of violence, poverty, Anyone concerned with other documentaries social justice, gender mander Kranti; Royal Nepal Army Officer Rajani; seem so self-indulgent.” and racism in the women’s work at the Bobbi justice and human rights Krishna, a monarchist from a rural community Charlie Phillips Bear child welfare organization and in the heart- should see [it].” who leads a rebellion against the Maoists; Man- Sheffield Int’l Documentary aches of their personal lives, the portraits that Rama Lohani-Chase dira, a human rights lawyer; and Ram Kumari, Film Festival emerge on screen are filled with grace, wisdom, Women’s & Gender a young student activist shaping the protests to friendship, and a deeply stirring conviction. Nei- Studies Dept., “In her trademark unobtrusive The College of New Jersey reclaim democracy. The Sari Soldiers delves into style, [Longinotto] captures ther politics, nor social or racial divisions stand the extraordinary journey of these women on the most intimate moments a chance against the united force of the women. “Highly Recommended... opposing sides of the conflict and the democratic —often painful, always Once again Longinotto has managed to bring us vivid and alive. An excellent poignant—as the ‘Aunties’ revolution reshaping their country’s future. an intimate portrait of change from Africa, this documentary of a people’s cope with a succession time from post-apartheid South Africa, a nation struggle to adapt to change ■ New York Human Rights Watch Int’l Film Festival, of wrenching tragedies within their country Nestor Almendros Prize and show a remarkable being transformed with hope and energy into a and bring about solutions.” resilience and rectitude.” ■ Rencontres Int’l du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), new democracy. Educational Media Thomas White “Camera as Activist” prize: best socio-political film Reviews Online Documentary.org ■ Sundance Film Festival ■ WATCH DOCS Int’l Film Festival, Special Mention ■ Int’l Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam (IDFA) ■ London Human Rights Watch Int’l Film Festival ■ Buenos Aires Human Rights Watch Int’l Film Festival ■ Tri Continental Film Festival, India ■ Pravo Ljudski Human Rights Film Festival, Sarajevo ■ Seattle Human Rights Film Festival ■ Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival ■ visit www.wmm.com to see our complete catalog 2009 New Releases ■ Women Make Movies 1 20 09 New Releases Courting Justice Nollywood Lady A film created by Ruth B. Cowan A film by Dorothee Wenner Directed by Jane Thandi Lipman 2008, 80 minutes, Color 2008, 54 minutes, Color Germany/Nigeria South Africa DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $295 Rental $90 Rental $90 Order No. L09962 Order No. L09955 “A vivid testament to the From tyranny to democracy. Fourteen years “Fascinating... Of keen Peace Anyiam-Fibresima of Lagos, Nigeria is central role of diversity in after the defeat of apartheid, South Africa’s interest to feminists [and] an impresario of showbiz and an impassioned a healthy democracy of central importance to fledgling democracy is acclaimed for its spokeswoman for the thriving and innovative conveyed in the most com- anyone interested in ques- pelling terms. Invaluable for constitutional promise of comprehensive human tions of the local and global African film industry. She is “Nollywood Lady,” classroom discussions of rights and unprecedented judicial reform. in media studies today.” an ex-lawyer, producer, filmmaker, the founder comparative constitutional But what is essential for transformation to suc- Patricia White and CEO of the influential African Academy of law and civil rights and ceed? Courting Justice takes viewers behind Chair, Film & Media Studies, Motion Pictures, and she is reshaping the way generating discussion Swarthmore College of race and gender in the gowns and gavels to reveal the women Africans see themselves—and how the world a judicial [and] social who make up 18 percent of South Africa’s “Treats [Nigerian films] not sees Africans. movement context.” male-dominated judiciary. Hailing from diverse as some strange side Sharing her vision for transforming preconcep- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. backgrounds and entrusted with enormous phenomenon, but as part of Founding & Executive Dir., a genuine cinematic culture tions about Africa and African images with responsibilities, these pioneering
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