Entries Tagged as 'Our goals'

Friday, October 14th, 2011

I think our film is a bit of an ‘Insiders Guide to Girls’ Education’

Check out this video I found on the United Nations Foundation news feed. It is about Ethiopia, but could very well be Nepal. It made me think about our film. It made me think that what we are making is sort of an ‘insiders’ guide’ to what a family has on the line when they [...]

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

NonFiction Media goes to Singapore for the UNIFEM Film Festival

That’s right! Somebody pinch me!  I was invited by UNIFEM (United Nation Development Fund for Women) to present at their Empowering Women Film Festival. Besides presenting at the film festival on Saturday, I will also be showing our film and leading discussions at four different schools tomorrow. I am so excited! As I was waiting [...]

Monday, February 21st, 2011

What is the story? We return to Nepal.

I am trying so hard to figure out what this story is about. There is one. There is a big one. And it is about women and their struggle for empowerment in this complicated, changing-too-quickly-for-it’s-own-good world. This is what I have done in one week and two days: I have filmed over 10 hours (not [...]

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Girlworld Gift Cards!

We mentioned in our last post that we’d made up some gift cards. Since it’s getting to be giving time, here’s a look: You’ve got the cards–there are three different ones… We wrap them up with little raffia ties so they’re giftier. And inside there are these little cards, so that you can tell your [...]

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Breathe