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"A Walk to Beautiful" Wins 2009 Emmy!
Some of you may remember Ricci Kilmer’s review of A Walk to Beautiful from the July 2008 issue of the Seed Sampler, Women in the Two-Thirds World. We are pleased to share with you that the film has won an Emmy:
Engel Entertainment is thrilled to announce that A Walk to Beautiful is the recipient of the 2009 Emmy® Award in the category of Outstanding Informational Programming — Long Form, for the 52-minute version that premiered on NOVA (PBS) on May 13, 2008, of the original feature film. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony on Monday, September 21st, at Rose Hall at Lincoln Center.
Selected to appear in over 30 film festivals worldwide, A Walk to Beautiful has won international praise and awards including the Best Feature Documentary Award from the International Documentary Association, the People’s Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Starz Denver Film Festival, the Audience Award at both the San Francisco and St. Louis International Film Festivals, Premiere Selection (opening night film) at the Australian Human Rights Film Festival, and the Human Rights Award at Docupolis, the International Documentary Festival of Barcelona, Spain. We are honored to add the Emmy to this film lauded achievements.
The film tells the story of five women who find new life through medical treatment of childbirth injuries that had ostracized them from their communities. All profits from the sale of the DVD and commercial viewings will go toward the Fistula Foundation.
Read more about the film here.
Read Ricci’s review here.
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