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Motherland Afghanistan Produced by Catherine Gund, Sedika Mojadidi, and Jenny Raskin. An Afghan-American documentary filmmaker follows her father, who specializes in women's medicine, to Afghanistan, where one in seven women dies during childbirth. Beginning his work at Kabul's Laura Bush Maternity Ward in a city where unrest means your life is still very much at risk, filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi's father tries to bring hope and make the best of a deplorable situation, with limited medical supplies, archaic equipment and backed up toilets. But their second trip to a newly established rural provincial hospital in the Ghazni province proves to be a completely different and rewarding experience. It is a place where services and training are desperately needed, where women travel for days to get treated while enduring debilitating illnesses and conditions with grace and courage. A rare and moving glimpse of humanity and the power of compassion set against the backdrop of a land in turmoil and transition, the strength of these women and the quiet deeds of those who attempt to heal is utterly inspiring. (To donate to the Shuhada Organization.) Has aired on PBS/Independent Lens. AFI Fest 2006 Official Selection. Distributed by First Run Features. 73min. 2006.

UPCOMING FESTIVAL SCREENINGS:
University of Kentucky's Gender and Women's Studies Film Series
and also the kick-off for the Womens Writer's Conference, Lexington, KY
September 27, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
The screening will be at Lexington's Kentucky Theatre, 214 E. Main Street

DOCSDF-- Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival
Mexico City, Mexico
Sept 27, 2007

International Exile Film Festival
Gothenburg, Sweden
October 5-14, 2007

Film South Asia Festival
Kathmandu, Nepal
Oct 11-14, 2007

National Screenings with UNFPA in early 2008:
Jan 31, 2008 Director's Event/Screening in Florida - for the UNIFEM-sponsored film festival.
February 25, 2008 is currently scheduled for Tucson but may be changed to San Francisco
April 1, 2008 in Seattle
April 28, 2008 in Minneapolis

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Making Grace Ann Krsul and Leslie Sullivan want to be mothers together. Ann will carry the baby and Leslie will leave her job to stay at home and raise their child. Choosing the route of the anonymous sperm bank, they hope to match Leslie's vital statistics so that Ann can give birth to a baby with the potential to look like them both. Ann is a worrier, compulsively analyzing and judging their performance at each stage of the process. Leslie is soothing, a quiet counterpoint. Together they ride the menstrual roller coaster, until finally, one year later, Ann is pregnant. At first both women continue to work. Free time is consumed by pre-birth activity: baby shower registration, Lamaze class and design of the baby announcement. Between events they argue with relatives over how to explain two mommies to their nieces and nephews. Month eight, Leslie ends her job to prepare for full time mommy-hood. Ann continues to work all hours, holding her now huge tummy as she shuffles from job site to job site, fretting over everything. But Baby Grace is born on time with bright red hair (a trait known to neither family). Gund follows the Krsul-Sullivan household during Grace's first year. As Ann and Leslie make their way, we are with them, meeting challenges universal to all families and facing those unique to lesbians. Distributed by First Run Features. The DVD is available through Netflix and on Amazon.com

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A Touch of Greatness is a feature-length documentary film focusing on the work of Albert Cullum, an elementary school teacher for over thirty years and a pioneer in American education. Albert Cullum ignited the imagination of his young students, and through his passionate use of poetry and drama, built their self-confidence and inspired them to new heights of originality and joy. Championing an unorthodox educational philosophy, Mr. Cullum regularly taught his elementary school children literary masterpieces, most notable the works of Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw. The one-of-a-kind film will interweave scenes from rare archival television broadcasts and film footage documenting these projects (several recorded in the early 1960's by Robert Downey) with interviews from Mr. Cullum and many of his former students. What emerges in this film is a portrait of lives transformed by this maverick teacher who enabled children to embrace the "heroic deed" and through the power of language find their own inner greatness. Featured as the Opening Night Film at the Margaret Mead Film Festival and winner of Best Documentary award at the Ohio Independent Film Festival. Winner of the Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival and People's Choice Award at the Starz Denver International Film Festival. This Emmy-nominated film has aired on PBS/Independent Lens. Distributed by First Run Features. Also available through Netflix and at Amazon.com

Object Lessons by Catherine Gund and Catherine Lord, edited by Aljernon Tunsil. A fast-paced, humourous and textured video set in New Mexico, Object Lessons uses the creation of a gallery exhibition to question received ideas about lesbian visibility, community, cluture, and identity. 28 min. 2001. Distributed by National Film Network and Aubin Pictures.

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On Hostile Ground producer (with Liz Mermain and Jenny Raskin, directors/producers). Documentary about abortion providers working in the USA, where providers are scarce and abortion is avoided by most medical schools, hospitals and doctors. 70 min. 2000.

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Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance A 90 minute 35mm feature documentary film. Raised by his grandmother to be a Pentecostal minister, Ron Athey was speaking in tongues by the age of ten, a heroin addict by seventeen, and a performance artist by twenty-three. HALLELUJAH! presents Athey's life and work, spending time with him on and off the stage in Mexico City; Zagreb, Croatia; and Los Angeles. Completed 1998. Funded by Jerome Foundation, Norton Family Foundation, Estate Project, Wexner Center, individuals. Theatrical distribution: Artistic License Films. World sales/Home video: TLA Video, Facets Video and Aubin Pictures.

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When Democracy Works The first educational media project to examine the related policy initiatives of the radical right wing and illustrate how their hatred and bias hurts ordinary people. It presents three case studies of the democratic right: racist David Duke's electoral bids in Louisiana; the struggle over homophobic Amendment 2 in Colorado, which was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in May 1996; and the scapegoating of immigrants, people of color, and women through Proposition 187 and Proposition 209 in California. In each case, When Democracy Works highlights the work of progressive grassroots organizers to thwart the radical right and uphold democratic values. In collaboration with the Interfaith Alliance Foundation, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and Political Research Associates. Video. 30 min. 1996. Funded by the Gill Foundation, Allies for Justice, New World Foundation, etc. and individual donors. Distributed by Frameline.

Positive: Life with HIV senior associate producer, segment producer of AIDSFILMS' four hour series about HIV/AIDS targeted at the HIV community covering political, psycho-social, cultural, medical and legal issues of living with HIV/AIDS. (September 1993 - January 1995). Funded by ITVS for 1996 Public Television broadcast. Winner: Golden Apple, The National Educational Film and Video Festival. Distributed by PBS.

Cuz It's Boy producer, director, camera, editor. Have you ever wanted to be a boy? Would that be different from being a lesbian or a passing woman? What does the story of Brandon Teena have to offer lesbians? Video, shot with a PXL2000 camera. 13 min. 1994. Distributed by The Kitchen.

Western Artists/African Art: The Artists Speak producer, camera, editor. Directed by Daniel Shapiro. Installation video featuring 13 artists represented in The Museum for African Art show Western Artists/African Art in which the artists consider their personal relationships to African art, their own cultural ties, spiritual connections and aesthetic discoveries. Video. 30 min. 1994. Distributed by The Kitchen and the Museum for African Art.

Not Just Passing Through co-produced w/Polly Thistlethwaite, Dolores Perez, Jean Carlomusto. Inspiring four-part documentary about constructions of lesbian history, community and culture. Video. 60 min. 1994. Funded in part by NY State Council on the Arts and Astraea Foundation. VHS cost: Home use $19.95, Institutional price $125, add $5 for S/H within the U.S. (personal checks or money orders only). Distributed by Aubin Pictures.

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B.U.C.K.L.E. co-produced w/Julie Tolentino. A humorous, fast-paced parody of women cruising, dancing and picking up women at New York's legendary Clit Club. Video. 11 min. 1993. Distributed by The Kitchen.

Sacred Lies, Civil Truths co-produced w/Cyrille Phipps, for The Gay and Lesbian Emergency Media Campaign. Documents the insurgent "Religious" Right and its broad-based agenda, analyses their campaigns for anti-gay initiatives in Oregon and Colorado in 1992, also examines issues of family and religion in lesbian and gay communities. Video. 60 min. 1993. Distributed by Aubin Pictures.

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I'm You, You're Me: Women Surviving Prison Living with AIDS co-produced with Debbie Levine. Documents the advocacy, education and outreach efforts of the community-based group ACE OUT. Video. 26 min. 1992. Funded by Art Matters, Inc., Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media and the NorthStar Fund. Distributed by Aubin Pictures.

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Among Good Christian Peoples co-produced w/ Jacqueline Woodson. Based on Woodson's humorous essay about growing up as a black lesbian Jehovah's Witness. Video. 30 min. 1991. Funded in part by Frameline. Winner: Best Documentary Charlotte Film and Video Festival 1992; Runner-up Non-Fiction Visions of U.S. AFI/Sony 1991; Jury Award University of Oregon Queer Film Festival 1993. Distributed by Third World Newsreel.

DIVA TV AIDS activist video collective affiliated with ACT UP/NY. Productions include: Target City Hall, 28 min, 1989; Pride, 28 min, 1989; Be A DIVA, 58 min, 1990 (for Deep Dish TV); Like A Prayer, 28 min, 1991; Public Service Announcements. Available at Printed Matter Bookstore (NYC) and ACT UP/NY.

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Keep Your Laws Off My Body co-produced w/ Zoe Leonard. Lesbians at home and in bed intercut with cops and legislation against privacy and the body. Video. 12 min. 1990. (Originally presented as a video installation: bed, sheets w/silk-screened laws governing the body, surveillance camera. 14 min. 1989). Distributed by The Kitchen.

Ends and Means co-produced w/ DeeDee Halleck. Documents the proceedings of the Anti-Communism conference at Harvard University. Video. 30 min. 1990.

Bleach, Teach, and Outreach co-produced w/ Ray Navarro. Documents the emergence of a problematic city-sponsored needle exchange program to combat the spread of HIV. Video. 25 min. 1989. Produced for the Gay Men's Health Crisis, "Living With AIDS" cable TV series. Distributed by Gay Men's Health Crisis.

Paper Tiger Television collectively produced weekly public access show. Shows include: "Reading the Weekly Mail," about censorship and an oppositional South African newspaper (1988). "Simon Watney speaks about Clause 28 and Homophobia in the U.K." (1988). "Donna Haraway reads the National Geographic of Primates," (1987). "The Strange Case of Baby M," with Martha Rosler, (1989), funded by Art Matters, Inc. "Television across Borders," with Michael Silverman, (1989). Distributed by Paper Tiger Television.