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| Must read posts on the WW&P Blog |
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Production and post-production is in full swing on WIDE ANGLE's mini-series Women, War & Peace.
Here's a round up of some compelling posts about current events and riveting reports from production teams on the WIDE ANGLE blog.
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Women, War & Peace in AFGHANISTAN: When fighting stops, does violence end? WWP’s Ben Travers has a conversation with Ann Jones, author, activist, and photographer.
Listen or read more by clicking here »
Women, War & Peace in COLOMBIA:
Untraceable Scare Tactics: Using Multimedia to Threaten An illegal armed group referred to as “The Heirs,” have been sending death threats to human rights defenders, community leaders, and journalists in a quest to control land.
Read more by clicking here »
Vanished From Justice: The Whereabouts of Colombian Paramilitaries
An investigation by WWP producers, Jennifer Janisch and Oriana Zill de Granados, and reporter Chisun Leewas was featured in The Washington Post.
Click here to read the article »
Women, War & Peace in BOSNIA: WWP Team travels to Bosnia’s former “Black Hole”
The WWP Team journeyed to Foca River Valley, once an environment for harboring war criminals and appalling atrocities against women during the mid-1990s war, to interview Muslim returnees who are trying to rebuild their lives.
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Women, War & Peace, produced by Gini Reticker and Abigail E. Disney and executive produced by Pamela Hogan, is a co-production of THIRTEEN and Fork Films in association with WNET.ORG for PBS.
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| The Leymah Gbowee Building! |
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Photo by Michael Seltzer
On September 23rd, Leymah Gbowee visited Riverdale Country School in New York to receive the first annual Jolli Humanitarian Award. As part of the honor, one of their buildings was named "The Leymah Gbowee Building"!
Also in September, Leymah was honored with the Livia Award by the Danish based Livia Foundation which is given to those “who have thought and acted boldly, imaginatively and peacefully - in the middle of steep and complex society conflicts”
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| Joan Snyder Exhibition |
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WOL, 2010 (standing for "Women of Liberia")
oil, acrylic, paper mache, mud, cloth, seeds and glass beads on linen
by Joan Snyder
The world-renowned artist Joan Snyder ‘s incredible painting titled WOL, shown above, was inspired by the women of Liberia.
It is currently on display in New York at the Betty Cuningham Gallery in an exhibition entitled "Joan Snyder: A Year In the Painting Life," running from September 17th to October 30th.
Betty Cuningham Gallery
541 W. 25th Street, NYC
(212) 242-2772
HOURS: Tuesday through Saturday, 10am - 6pm
Click here to visit the gallery's official website»
Click here to view the exhibit online »
For more information about artist Joan Snyder please visit her website by clicking here >>
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