| I am a Girl (88 min) Afghanistan/Australia/Cambodia/Cameroon/Papua New Guinea |
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Monday 10/20, 4:40 PM (Session 13)
Director: Rebecca Barry
Description:
We meet fourteen-year-old Kimsey from Cambodia, forced to sell her virginity at age twelve; Aziza from Afghanistan, who will be shot if she goes to school; Breani, a teen living in a ghetto in NYC and dreaming of stardom; Katie from Australia recovering from a suicide attempt; Habiba from Cameroon, betrothed to a man twenty years her senior; and Manu from Papua New Guinea about to become a mother at fourteen. Being born a girl means you are more likely to be subjected to violence, disease, and poverty than any other group on Earth.
Biography:
Rebecca's driving passion is to facilitate stories, share these with an audience in a creative way, and get people thinking. She is an award winning director, writer and producer of documentary and drama films and a graduate from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. Her films have screened at Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney International Film Festival, St Kilda Short Film Festival, Flickerfest, ATOM, WOW and Columbia University USA. She has been the recipient of many awards including winning the Best Student Documentary at AIDC 2003, AFTRS Film Australia Award 2003 and was the recipient of the AFTRS Screen Critics Circle award for Best Director and Best Film. She was also a nominee for the Emerging Talent Award by the Screen Critics Circle 2003 and recently Highly Commended at the 2009 Australian Directors Guild Awards. Her work as director or producer include: Footy Chicks (SBS), Inspiring Teachers (SBS), Home and Away (Channel 7), The Surgeon (Channel 10), You Am I – The Cream and The Crock (DVD release), Beats Across Borders (ABC), The Space In Between, The McDonagh Sisters (SBS), A Modern Marriage (SBS), Overture (ABC).
Contact Information:
Women Make Movies
e: kfitzpatrick@WMM.com
w: www.wmm.com
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