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Media That Matters Comes to Washington, DC!

Posted on October 08, 2004

On October 22-23, a selection of Media That Matters films will be screening as part of the Globalization and the Informal Sector Film Festival at George Washington University's Center for the Study of Globalization.

October 22-23
1957 E St NW, Washington DC
All events are free and open to the public.
Please contact Rita Maximilian for more information.

Friday, October 22
8:30
Nitecap — Media That Matters Film Festival, A selection of short films from Southern Africa:
I Promise Africa
iThemba
Seeds of Hope: South Africa

Saturday, October 23
10:30
"Breakfast Shorts"
Vision Test
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty
Diane Wilson: A Warrior’s Tale

Other films, including The Fourth World War, will be screened and the Festival includes panels and workshops on film as a tool for policy advocacy.

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"We love Media That Matters because it allows us to accomplish our original goal with our project. It takes so much effort and so much money for us to do our own outreach—it's fantastic to have that infrastructure in place."
—Keefe Murren, Director of iThemba

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