November 12, 2007
Women + Film: Commanding Voices, Strong Leaders
Three films showing at the 30th Starz Denver Film Festival, all dealing with women engaged in the electoral process, frame the issues for a lively, informative and entertaining discussion of women in prominent leadership roles in the United States and Liberia.
The documentary 14 Women takes you inside the halls of power of the U.S. Senate and introduces you to its 14 female members.
Iron Ladies of Liberia follows Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s first elected female president, and her largely female cabinet over the course of their turbulent first year in office capturing democracy in action.
Doris “Granny D” Haddock is the nation’s oldest political newcomer. In 2004, at age 94, she challenged her home state’s incumbent Republican senator in a grassroots bid for his seat. A tale of doggedness versus dollars, grit against greenbacks, director Marlo Poras’ spirited and engaging Run Granny Run is an unlikely portrait of a truly memorable and outspoken character.
This panel included filmmakers and producers Nicole Boxer, Marlo Poras, Daniel Junge and political activist Doris “Granny D” Haddock and was moderated by Lesley Dahlkemper, president of Schoolhouse Communications and former national award-winning public affairs and education reporter for Colorado Public Radio.
