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ENEWS is sent regularly to customers and other associates of Women Make Movies to announce the latest news about WMM films, filmmakers, programs, events and broadcasts.
View online at wmm.com/news/enews.shtml
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BROADCAST PREMIERE | THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO
"[A] documentary of the highest calling."
The Hollywood Reporter
“Breaks open the terrorizing story of rape and atrocity...Bravely documents what happens to women in war.”
Eve Ensler
author of The Vagina Monologues
WMM is proud to announce the highly anticipated broadcast premiere of Sundance Special Jury Prize in Documentary winner THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO by Emmy Award®-winning director Lisa F. Jackson. The acclaimed documentary premieres on HBO at 10pm on April 8.
Shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this extraordinary film shatters the silence that surrounds the shocking plight of women and girls who, caught in this country’s intractable conflict, are being systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. Learn more.
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WMM RELEASE SISTERS IN LAW WINS PEABODY AWARD
WMM is delighted to announce that SISTERS IN LAW, directed by Kim Longinotto and co-directed by Florence Ayisi, is one recipient of this year's Peabody Awards for most outstanding achievements in electronic media.
Winner of the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival and screened to acclaim at more than 120 festivals around the world, SISTERS IN LAW is a totally fascinating, often hilarious look at the work of one small courthouse in Cameroon.
WMM has acquired Kim Longinotto's most recent work HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO. The 2008 New Release sensitively captures the struggles of emotionally traumatized children who attend Oxford boarding school Mulberry Bush – their last chance to try to turn their lives around.
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SPRING WORKSHOPS KICK OFF APRIL 9!
Are you a filmmaker? WMM workshops help you plan, produce and distribute your work. Register now for Sales Agents and the International Marketplace, presented by Diana Holtzberg, Vice President - USA Operations Sales, Acquisitions and Project Development, Films Transit, on April 9.
Don’t miss the hands-on marketing workshop, Secrets of Successful Proposals on April 16, the funding overview, Your Fundraising Blueprint: Designing a Strategy That's Right for Your Project on April 23, or From Festivals to Cinemas to Broadcast to Digital: Surveying Your Distribution Options on April 30. Click here for detailed workshop descriptions and registration.
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HOT OFF THE PRESSES | 2008 NEW RELEASES CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE
Exciting New Releases include Siatta Johnson and Daniel Junge’s IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA, recently broadcast on the Emmy Award®-winning PBS series, Independent Lens; acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh’s FINDING DAWN; Xiaoli Zhou’s portrait of one of the world’s last matriarchal societies, THE WOMEN’S KINGDOM; and the long-awaited educational release of THE EDUCATION OF SHELBY KNOX, directed by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt.
If you are a WMM customer, look for a copy in your mailbox! Visit our website to request a copy of the catalog or download the PDF version here.
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WMM STAFF ON THE ROAD
Executive Director Debra Zimmerman travels the globe in April. She first stops in Vienna for the Institute of Documentary’s Ex Oriente Film 2008. The Institute's "Film 1st Workshop: The Way of Co-Production" is a seminar for Eastern European documentary filmmakers with a special focus this year on women. Debra will mentor filmmakers, speak on panels and lead a distribution workshop. She then travels to Sweden's International Female Film Festival Malmö - IFEMA, to speak on the panel "Contemporary Images of Women in Film and Media." Sales and Marketing Manger Julie Whang catches up with Debra in Toronto at Hot Docs from April 21-24.
To make an appointment with Debra or Julie at Hot Docs, you can send emails or call during the festival: Debra Zimmerman, dzimmerman@wmm.com, 917-348-7285 and Julie Whang, jwhang@wmm.com, 917-349-3378.
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About Women Make Movies
Women Make Movies is the world's leading distributor of independent films by and about women, with a focus on cutting-edge documentaries that give depth to today's headlines, as well as artistically and intellectually challenging works in all genres. Our films are showcased in prestigious exhibition venues and festivals both nationally and internationally. The Women Make Movies collection of more than 500 films and videotapes is also used by thousands of educational, community and cultural organizations annually. For more information, visit www.wmm.com.
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