November 18, 2008
Panel: Women + Film: Africa in Transition
Three festival documentaries focusing on Africa were the focus of this year’s Women + Film panel: Gini Reticker’s Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Lisa Merton and Alan Dater’s Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, and Sarah Friedland’s Thing with No Name.
The third annual Women + Film panel, “Africa in Transition,” featured Lisa Merton and Sarah Friedland, as well as Esy Casey, director of photography and producer of Thing with No Name; and Abby Disney, president and co-founder of the Daphne Foundation.
This panel was moderated by Lesley Dahlkemper, president of Schoolhouse Communications, and featured opening remarks by Denver Film Society’s Arpie Chucovich and Barbara Bridges
“Women + Film: Africa in Transition” was sponsored by Barbara Bridges/Wildblue Entertainment and PayReel.
