Congrats: Kathryn Bigelow Becomes 1st Woman to Win Best Director Oscar
Left to Right, Kathryn, Barbra
I don’t know if you watched the Oscars last night, but history was made. Kathryn Bigelow, the director of The Hurt Locker, became the 1st woman to win a best director Oscar for her film. Congratulations Kathryn. This is big news and a great accomplishment. It shows that the women filmmakers deserve the same recognition as their male counterparts!
It was also great to see Barbra Streisand, director of Yentl and Prince of Tides give her the award. Barbra’s no slouch as a director, either. Anyway, I’m just glad to see progress being made. That’s what’s up!
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Yasmin Shiraz is the President of Still Eye Rise Films, an independent production company which films educational and thought provoking documentaries that chronicle the lives, traumas and experiences of youth. Her first production, Can She Be Saved?, a documentary that examines violence among middle school girls, was an official selection of the 2009 Roxbury Film Festival and recently won a 2009 Indie Award of Merit from IndieFest.
Yasmin Shiraz is the Award winning Author of Retaliation a novel about a community’s response to youth violence. In 2009, it was selected as one of the top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association. She is the author of The Blueprint for My Girls: How To Build A Life Full of Courage, Determination & Self Love (Simon and Schuster) and five other books. Her best selling “Blueprint” empowerment series is utilized as a self esteem, motivational, and educational tool at middle and high schools, after school programs, non-profit youth centers, as well as Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the country.
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