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WMM films are broadcast on television
and cable stations all over the world. In the US, our films
have been aired on the acclaimed PBS documentary programs
Independent
Lens and P.O.V.
as well as by many local PBS stations. You can also look for
our films on
HBO and HBO's
Cinemax, Sundance
Channel, and Oxygen
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Summer 2013
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2013
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2012
Fall 2012
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Summer 2013
CHILDREN OF
MEMORY
Broadcast
on World Channel Global
Voices on June 30, 10PM
Niños de la
Memoria tells the story of the search for hundreds of children
who disappeared during the Salvadoran Civil War. Many were
survivors of massacres carried out by the U.S.-trained
Salvadoran army. Taken away from the massacre sites by soldiers,
some grew up in orphanages or were adopted abroad, losing their
history and identity. Niños de la Memoria weaves together three
separate yet intertwined journeys in the search for family,
identity and justice in El Salvador, and asks the larger
question: How can a post-war society right the wrongs of the
past?
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Spring
2013
NO JOB
FOR A WOMAN
Broadcasting
on World through the Spring
Martha Gelhorn was so determined to get to the froorting was
hampered by a bureau chief who refused to talk to her.
Meanwhile, photojournalist Dickey Chappelle wanted to get so
close to the action that she could feel bullets whizzing by.
This award-winning documentary tells the colorful story of how
these three tenacious war correspondents forged their now
legendary reputations during the war—when battlefields were
considered no place for a woman.
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SKYDANCER
Broadcast
on
Al Jazeera English starting May 1
Renowned for their balance and skill, six generations of Mohawk
men have been leaving their families behind on the reservation
to travel to New York City, to work on some of the biggest
construction jobs in the world. Jerry McDonald Thundercloud and
his colleague Sky shuttle between the hard drinking Brooklyn
lodging houses they call home during the week and their rural
reservation, a gruelling drive six hours north, where a family
weekend awaits. Their wives are only too familiar with the
sacrifices that these jobs have upon family life. While the men
are away working, the women often struggle to keep their
children away from the illegal temptations of this economically
deprived area. Through archival documents and interviews,
Academy® Award nominated director Katja Esson (FERRY
TALES,
LATCHING ON) explores the colorful and at times tragic
history of the Mohawk skywalkers, bringing us a nuanced portrait
of modern Native American life and a visually stunning story of
double lives.
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ANNA MAY WONG: IN HER OWN WORDS
Broadcasting
on
PBS in May
Anna May Wong knew
she wanted to be a movie star from the time she was a young
girl—and by 17 she became one. A third generation
Chinese-American, she went on to make dozens of films in
Hollywood and Europe. She was one of the few actors to
successfully transition from silent to sound cinema, co-starring
with Marlene Dietrich, Anthony Quinn and Douglas Fairbanks along
the way. She was glamorous, talented and cosmopolitan—yet she
spent most of her career typecast either as a painted doll or a
scheming dragon lady. For years, older generations of
Chinese-Americans frowned upon the types of roles she played;
but today a younger generation of Asian Americans sees her as a
pioneering artist, who succeeded in a hostile environment that
hasn’t altogether changed. Yunah Hong's engrossing documentary
is an entertaining and imaginative survey of Wong’s career,
exploring the impact Wong had on images of Asian American women
in Hollywood, both then and now. Excerpts from Wong’s films,
archival photographs and interviews enhance this richly detailed
picture of a woman and her extraordinary life.
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SERVICE: WHEN WOMEN COME MARCHING HOME
Broadcasting
on
PBS throughout May
Women now compose 15% of today’s military
forces and that number is expected to double in 10 years.
SERVICE portrays the courage of the women in service and once
they have left the military: the horrific traumas they faced,
the inadequate care they often receive on return and the large
and small accomplishments the women work mightily to achieve.
Through compelling portraits, we watch these women wrestle with
prostheses, homelessness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and
Military Sexual Trauma. The documentary takes the audience on a
journey from the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq to rural
Tennessee and urban New York City, from coping with amputations,
to flashbacks, triggers and depression to ways to support other
vets.
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Winter
2012
SCARLET ROAD
Broadcast
on
CBC Sunday December 9th at 11 PM
Impassioned about freedom of sexual
expression, Australian sex worker Rachel Wotton specializes in a
long overlooked
clientele— people with disabilities. Working in New South
Wales—where prostitution is legal— Rachel’s philosophy is that
human touch and sexual intimacy can be the most therapeutic
aspects to our existence. Indeed, she is making a dramatic
impact on the lives of her customers, many of whom are confined
to wheelchairs or cannot speak or move unaided. Through her
graduate studies and her nonprofit group Touching Base, Rachel
both fights for the rights of sex workers and promotes awareness
and access to sexual expression for the disabled through sex
work—and brings together these two often marginalized groups. We
follow her from conducting sex and disability workshops to
speaking to the World Congress on Sexual Health about her
mission to observing her overnight stays with severely disabled
clients who blossom under her attention—with one man even
gaining back lost movement and sensation thanks to his time
spent with her. Rachel has made it her life’s work to end the
stigma surrounding these populations; the depth, humor and
passion in this positive and pro-active documentary will
transform the way we see sex workers and people with
disabilities forever.
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Fall 2012
MIDDLE
OF EVERYWHERE
Broadcast on South Dakota PTV on Aug 9, 8
PM and WGTE Public Media on Sept. 6 at 11PM and Sept. 7 at 3AM.
South Dakota has been at the center of
the abortion dispute for many years. In
MIDDLE
OF EVERYWHERE, native
daughter Rebecca Lee returns home to discover the abortion
rights debate to be complex, with both sides claiming compassion
for women and the same desire to stop the need for abortion.
MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE reveals that the issue goes beyond the
simple choices of being for or against abortion to the much
deeper national question of what values we hold dear as
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SKYDANCER
October
2 2012 on
APTN Reel Insights
October 21 2012 on
American Documentary
Renowned for their balance and skill, six
generations of Mohawk men have been leaving their families
behind on the reservation to travel to New York City, to work on
some of the biggest construction jobs in the world. Jerry
McDonald Thundercloud and his colleague Sky shuttle between the
hard drinking Brooklyn lodging houses they call home during the
week and their rural reservation, a grueling drive six hours
north, where a family weekend awaits. Their wives are only too
familiar with the sacrifices that these jobs have upon family
life. While the men are away working, the women often struggle
to keep their children away from the illegal temptations of this
economically deprived area. Through archival documents and
interviews, Academy® Award nominated director Katja Esson (FERRY
TALES,
LATCHING ON) explores the colorful and at times tragic
history of the Mohawk skywalkers, bringing us a nuanced portrait
of modern Native American life and a visually stunning story of
double lives.
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Summer 2012
TEA & JUSTICE
Broadcast
on local TV stations throughout the US during the months of May,
June
and
July. Check local listings
here.
Tea & Justice chronicles the experiences of three women who
joined the New York Police Department during the 1980s—the first
Asian women to become members of a force that was largely white
and predominantly male. In this award-winning documentary,
Officer Trish Ormsby and Detectives Agnes Chan and Christine
Leung share their fascinating stories about careers and personal
lives, as well as satisfactions and risks on the job, the
stereotypes they defied, and how they persevered.
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AFRICA RISING
Broadcast
on The Africa Channel
Monday, June 11 at 8PM EST, Sun, June 17, at

8:30PM
EST & Mon, June 18, at 1PM EST.
Every day, 6,000 girls from the Horn of Africa to sub-Saharan
nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). With
fierce determination and deep love for their communities, brave
African activists are leading a formidable, fearless grassroots
movement to end 5,000 years of FGM. An insightful look at the
frontlines of a quiet revolution taking the continent by storm,
this extraordinarily powerful film is one of the first to focus
on African solutions to FGM.
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