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 Film is one of the most powerful mediums available for conveying information and messages to audiences around the world.
The popular lunchtime Film Series returns as we explore some of the best new work in film on global health issues. The Film Series not only showcases outstanding productions, but also provides conference participants with a venue to learn more about how to use film effectively to communicate global health issues with large audiences in the developed and developing worlds.
Bring your lunch and join us for our featured presentations.
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| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
Film Series Brown Bag Session
Please Talk to Kids About AIDS | website
The Vineeta Foundation
12:15–1:15 pm
 A movie that can save lives… In the donor-fatigued, jargon-laden, taboo-filled world of HIV/AIDS, two innocent and innovative voices revive our understanding and compassion. By asking questions (“that only a child could ask”), two young girls get basic, honest, and fresh answers about the pandemic that defines our times. The result is a refreshing and thought-provoking documentary about our inability to make the epidemic understandable to all people because of our discomfort with issues of sex and sexuality. The fact that two kids can get to the bottom of it at the International AIDS Conference – talking to experts, sex-workers, cross-dressers and people living with AIDS – is hilarious, hopeful, and a little bit haunting…why have so many died because we can't talk about these subjects in an open and honest way?
Join producer Radia Daoussi and director Brian Hennessey for a screening and discussion of this film.
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| Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
Film Series at Career Connections Brown Bag Session
Mountains of Hope: Film and Global Health | website
Global Primary Care
12:30–2:00 pm
Join us for a special screening of the student-produced documentary Mountains of Hope, and learn about careers in film and global health from an independent documentary filmmaker whose background is in international development work.
 Mountains of Hope is a Boston University School of Medicine student-produced documentary that highlights the massive departure of Lesotho's health care professionals to the Republic of South Africa. It tells the harrowing story of the courageous doctors and nurses who stayed, what they go through on a day-to-day basis, and what is being done to lure more of them back to a place in a dire state of need.
A fourth year medical student at Boston University, Kara-Lee Pool, inspired by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation-supported work of the Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance, produced this film to educate her fellow students about the health-care challenges faced in resource-constrained settings, to raise general awareness about the situation in Lesotho, and to present a message that will help draw Basotho physicians and nurses back to Lesotho. Director Patrick Christell presents a compelling portrait of Lesotho's human resource crisis and the people involved in turning it around.
Lisa Russell, MPH, Director and Producer with Governess Films, will discuss career paths in film and global health. Ms. Russell is an independent documentary filmmaker whose background in humanitarian relief and development work gives her inspiration for films about our global society. She has traveled extensively, shooting films for UN and international agencies in diverse countries such as Brazil, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Niger, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In September of 2005, Lisa collaborated with Grammy-nominated artist, Zap Mama, on The Woman Tour - a three-week nationwide tour of film screenings and musical performances to increase awareness of global women's health. Currently residing in Brooklyn, NY, Lisa is also a teaching artist for Urban Word NYC where she leads workshops that blend film screenings with spoken word poetry/open mics on issues affecting today's youth.
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| Friday, May 30, 2008 |
Film Series Brown Bag Session
A Walk to Beautiful | website
Engel Entertainment and the Fistula Foundation
12:30–2:00 pm
 A Walk to Beautiful is a feature length film. It follows five women in Ethiopia who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries, particularly obstetric fistula. Shunned by their communities, these women spend their lives in loneliness and shame. The film follows them on their journey to the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where their lives are transformed. The film weaves their stories into a portrait of grief and courage, compassion and triumph. A Walk to Beautiful was named Best Feature Length Documentary of 2007 by the International Documentary Association. The film was produced by Engel Entertainment in New York.
Director: Mary Olive Smith
Executive Producer: Steven Engel
Co-Director: Amy Bucher
Editor: Andrew Ford
Co-Producer: Allison Shigo
The award winning public television show NOVA will be broadcasting the film on May 13. The Fistula Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of the film.
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