Results for February, 2011

because we found it: Screening and reading tonight in Brooklyn on child sex trafficking

This just came across our desk / MAC computer / Droid and thought we should share: Three Generations founder, Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Jane Wells, will speak briefly about their current campaign to end child sex trafficking in the US. We’ll screen one or two of 3 Generations’ short films, and author and Park Slope mom [...]

February 28, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: be-listed, because we found it, breakthrough, child sex trafficking, Jane Wells, Three Generations | Comments Off

because we found it: Documentary about A Good Man opens at NYC’s Quad cinema

If you didn’t make it to the sneak preview of the award-winning film, A Good Man, last December, here’s your chance. The deeply moving and funny documentary is set for its commercial release at the Quad cinema in NYC starting today. Running from February 25th to March 3rd, each screening will be accompanied by a discussion between [...]

February 25, 2011 by ishita | Tags: A Good Man, A Jihad for Love, b-listed, breakthrough, brothel, Crea, disabilities, Facebook, Faye Ginsburg, film, movies, New York Univeristy, Safina Uberoi, SAJA, Sandi DuBowski, South Asian Journalists Association, Trembling Before G-d | Comments Off

because we found it: The first film from Kashmir in 40 years opens in NYC

From Breakthrough’s Ishita Srivastava: While attending a conference on South Asia at NYU this weekend, I listened to a young New Yorker of Kashmiri/Jewish-American descent, Tariq Tapa, talk about the experience he had making Zero Bridge, a film that he shot on a shoe string budget in conflict ridden Kashmir. The film has received rave [...]

February 15, 2011 by ishita | Tags: b-listed, because we found it, bollywood, breakthrough, film, Film Forum, filmmaker, freedom, independence, Kashmir, neo-realist, Religion, South Asia, Tariq Tapa, war, Zero Bridge | Comments Off

guide to: 10 things nonprofits should know for the DoGooder Awards

We love contests! On the heels of of our very own I AM THIS LAND contest on diversity (bear with us, winners will be announced soon!!!) See3 and YouTube are back for the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards! We’re very excited for this, because Breakthrough picked up the honor back in 2009 for our film, “Death [...]

February 9, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: 10 things, b-the change, contest, DoGooder, nonprofit awards, See3, video, youtube | Comments Off

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