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Interview with directors of Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter

Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter screened in the Sundance Institute Screening Series in Park City, Utah on September 10. Filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater sat down for an interview ahead of their screening.

Our School

Over the course of several school years, Roma children struggle to break the barriers of segregation in a small Transylvanian town. Our School documents one of the first integration efforts similar to Brown v. Board of Education in the United States.

Match +: A Story About Love in the Time of HIV

Directors: Priya Giri Desai and Ann S. Kim
In a culture steeped in tradition and obsessed with marriage, how do you find love, companionship, and partnership when you are HIV-positive? MATCH + is a narrative documentary film that tells the story of the growing movement for HIV-positive marriage matchmaking in India.

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Sundance Documentary Film Fellow Wins 2008 Peabody Award

MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA, directed by Maria Finitzo, received a grant award and creative and editorial support from the Sundance Documentary Film Program in 2006, and was selected for the Sundance Independent Producer’s Conference in 2007. We are excited to announce that the film has won a 2008 Peabody Award! The Peabody Awards [...]

The Revolutionary Optimists

Directors: Maren Grainger-Monsen and Nicole Newnham
Social Entrepreneur: Amlan Ganguly
The Revolutionary Optimists follows Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur who has made a significant impact in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta by empowering children to become leaders in improving health and sanitation. Using street theater, puppetry, and dance as their weapons, the children have cut [...]