BROADCASTS
United States: Season premier, POV’s 2008 season – airing nationally on PBS
- POV is one of PBS’s premier showcases of independent documentary film
- This broadcast led to a News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination,
in the Research Craft Category, 2009 - Several dozen rebroadcasts took place via local public television stations over three years
Bermuda: Aired on CITV, 2010
Canada: Aired on Canadian Broadcast System local stations
Cuba: Aired on Cuban television, 2010
AWARDS
Women Film Critics “Courage in Filmmaking” Award, 2008
Woods Hole Film Festival “New England Emerging Filmmaker” Award, 2008
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society “Rowena R. Stewart Founder’s Award,” 2008
Council on Foundations “Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film and Digital Media,” 2009
Best Documentary, Black International Cinema Berlin, 2010
Spirit of Freedom Documentary Award, Bahamas Int. Film Festival, 2010
FILM FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, 2008
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York, 2008
Newport International Film Festival, 2008
Cambridge African Film Festival, England, 2008
Cambridge Film Festival, England, 2008
St. Louis International Film Festival, 2008
Global Issues Film Festival, Michigan, 2008
Northampton Independent Film Festival, Massachusetts, 2008
Bend Film Festival, Oregon, 2008
Oakland International Film Festival, California, 2008
Global Peace Film Festival, 2008
Roxbury Film Festival, 2008
Woods Hole Film Festival, 2008
New Orleans International Human Rights Festival, 2008
Bahamas International Film Festival, Bahamas, 2009
Tallgrass Film Festival, Kansas, 2009
International Christian Film Festival, Wales, 2009
ReelMIXED Film Festival, Michigan, 2009
REEL Culture Festival, Minnesota, 2009
Knoxville African-American Film Festival, 2009
Pan African Film & Arts Festival, California, 2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Boston, 2009
Festival de Cine Global Dominicano, Dominican Republic, 2010
Black International Cinema Berlin, Germany, 2010
African Diaspora Film Festival, North Carolina, 2010
Santa Barbara African Heritage Film Series, California, 2010
Mumbai Int. Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films, Mumbai, India, 2010
