Film

Posted by admin Media Saturday, September 11th, 2010

“Mother”, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises – population growth.  Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people.  At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic– religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality.   “Mother” features your friend and neighbor Beth Osnes, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a family of twelve, as she helps us navigates the thorny complexities of the population issue and highlights the most important path to solve it: empowering women and raising the status of women worldwide.

MAU also believes that today there are few issues that directly affect the lives of mothers and children in developing countries more than rapid population growth.  This film will be an incredibly effective, far-reaching tool for spreading MAU’s message and for sounding a wake up call to the world that women’s empowerment is the solution to most of humanities problems!

Come join the filmmakers and Beth December 4th for a private screening and an evening of fun, learning and emotion.  The filmmakers, Chris and Joyce are desperately looking for $15,000 to finish this important groundbreaking film that beautifully communicates solutions through women’s empowerment.  Several important pieces of the film still need to be completed including buying footage and photograph rights, music scoring by a local Boulder musician and finishing audio post-production.

“Mother” will be featured at the 2011 Boulder International Film Festival in February.

If you want to help, donations are tax-deductable through Population Media Center. To donate now directly to the filmmakers without tax deduction click the donate button on the left. GO TO FILM

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Mothers & Daughters – The Film

“This film is the perfect gift!” – Oprah Winfrey

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The Latinbeat Film Festival last month and Woman-Made Film Director:
Efterpi Charalambidis

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Uma gives props to ‘Mamapalooza’ Contest in ‘Motherhood’ Film

MOMZ HOT ROCKS & THE WOMEN OF MAMAPALOOZA. MOMS ROCK!

Philidelphia Enquirer posts info on Momz Hot Rocks Kate Perotti’s playful documentary, MOMz Hot ROCKs, tells the story of the musical trend that has swept the country: Mom rock bands. The film follows six bands around the country between 2004 and 2007, including the Mydols, Housewives on Prozac, CandyBand, and Frump.

MOMZ HOT ROCKS STORMS FILM FESTIVALS AROUND THE COUNTRY:

• Ventura Film Festival June 29th-30th(tba) screening tba

• Rhode Island International Film Festival August 4-9th at the and screening tba

• Indie Fest USA
  Wednesday August 26th 10pm
  AMC 12 Downtown Disney 1565 Disneyland Dr.
  Annaheim, CA 92850Â (714) 769-4262

JENNIFER RAWLINGS – FORGOTTEN VOICES, WOMEN OF BOSNIA

Writer, comic, filmmaker, and kick-ass mom Jennifer Rawlings has appeared on stages around the world. You have seen Jennifer on Comedy Central, CMT, PBS, FOX, VH-1 and more. She has shared the stage with everyone from Faith Hill to the Vice-President of the United States.

Jennifer often leaves her family of five children to entertain the troops. She has performed in over 300 military shows in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo,UAE, Djibouti, Qatar, Bahrain, Macedonia, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Korea, Kwajelean, Guam, Japan, Iceland and several other countries.

It was after these trips to war zones that Jennifer began her career as a filmmaker. Jennifer’s powerful directorial debut Forgotten Voices: Women in Bosnia has received critical acclaim and has been invited to screen at film festivals worldwide. Several universities have also included Forgotten Voices: Women In Bosnia as part of their curriculum.

Rawlings has written a children’s book, magazine articles, including Reader’s Digest, television specials, weekly blogger for hybrid mom, and after dinner speeches for prominent world leaders. She is a featured writer in the book I killed Road Stories From America’s Top Comedians published by Crown. She is currently finishing a new book. Jennifer lives in Los Angeles.

“The Stoning of Soraya M.” is banned in Iran, just released in America, and soon to be distributed in the Middle East. Based on a true story, it portrays a young Iranian mother who’s framed by her husband and stoned to death by her village.

Among the mob is one voice of moral courage: Soraya’s aunt, Zahra, played by award-winning Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (co-star of “House of Sand and Fog”). A faithful Muslim, Zahra speaks truth to power and tries to stop the stoning. She fails.

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