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This well-made film opens with a view of the Afghan countryside -a highway through a valley, camels, children, veiled women, a truck and some balloons. A transistor radio transmits the voice of a woman who says she wants "to see once again the Afghanistan of our youth, peaceful and free."
About New View Media.
New View Media, LLC produces multi-platform communications tools and tactics, specializing in social and behavior change strategies for positive public health outcomes. Virginia Williams founded New View Films in 2000, and after over a decade of producing Emmy-award winning programing for Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, PBS, and others, she decided to concentrate full time on communication for development, or C4D. Visit the New View Media website.
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03.2014 - Just released must read by FRONTRUNNER protagonist Dr. Massouda Jalal and Dr. Mario Silva: Hanging by a Thread: Afghan Women's Rights and Security Threats, on Amazon or Mosaic Press.
Film Festivals and Screenings
US Premiere Slamdance Film Festival, 2008
Int. Premiere, Cine Documental, Mexico, 2008
Official Selection (selected list):
Miami International Film Festival
Jackson Hole Film Festival
Independent Film Festival Boston
Tallgrass Film Festival
UN Association Film Festival
Our Supporters.
FRONTRUNNER was made possible by the generous support of the following foundations and organizations:
Afghan Women Leaders Connect
The Independent Television Service
The MacArthur Foundation
The Tides Foundation
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