Borderless Documentary,
A Grandmother's Tribe
wins the
Carol Stolman Humanitarian Award
at the Sonoma International Film Festival
Monday, April 20, 2009 - California, USA - The Sonoma International Film Festival 2009 honored the documentary film,
A Grandmother's Tribe, by presenting Executive Producer, Kimberley Buchanan, with the Carolyn Stolman Humanitarian Award at the close of the Festival.
The festival was held in Sonoma, California from 1-5 April 2009.
A Grandmother's Tribe was also selected to open the documentary segment of the festival. The premiere screening on 2nd April was sold-out with each audience member sporting a "join the tribe" badge in support of the grandmothers of sub-Saharan Africa.
"The tremendous support and interest that the film has been given just shows how powerful these grandmother's are. The audience connects with the women and their grandchildren which helps in profoundly getting the message out about the AIDS pandemic globally and more specifically in Africa," says Kimberley Buchanan, Executive Producer of the film who attended the festival.
A Grandmother's Tribe is a for-purpose documentary film and campaign produced by New Zealand Company, Borderless Productions Limited.
The film casts an unobstructed and compassionate lens onto the lives of two Kenyan grandmothers - "a tale of two grannies, village and urban" - who find themselves in the riptide of the African AIDS pandemic. Their stories are the
stories of thousands of similar women whose strength of human spirit brings unforeseen hope to an ocean of crisis. It is a story of love, tenderness, loss and courage.
A Grandmother's Tribe premiered at the DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival (07) and has since premiered in Kenya, and Vancouver, Canada. Since the film was released, it has raised more than CA$100,000 for grandmothers in
sub-Saharan Africa. To find out more about the film or to obtain a copy of the DVD, contact Borderless Directors, Dean Easterbrook and Qiujing Wong on +64 9 3023103.
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About the Documentary
Title: A Grandmother's Tribe
Genre: Documentary / For-purpose film
Year of Release: 2007
World Premiere: DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, NZ
Duration: 54 minutes incl. credits
Directed by: Dean Easterbrook & Qiujing Wong
Production Company: Borderless Productions Limited (NZ)
About Borderless Productions
Borderless Productions is an international screen production company with its
head office in Auckland, New Zealand. It specialises in producing and managing
high-end for-purpose documentary films and campaigns with universal
appeal. Borderless believes that film and media can be used as a genuinely
powerful tool to create positive social and environmental change and works with
clients and partners who have a similar vision for the world.
About the Sonoma International Film Festival
www.sonomafilmfest.org
Set amidst the unparalleled beauty of the Sonoma Valley wine country, the 12th
Annual Sonoma International Film Festival welcomes filmmakers and film lovers to
an intimate and luxurious extended weekend, pairing great food, fine wine and 66
new independent films from around the world. The Sonoma International Film
Festival, which IFC News acclaimed as a "sun-drenched, wine-soaked cinematic
magic carpet ride," invites guests to enjoy some of the year's best new independent
films, specialty events, luxurious parties, wine and food pairings - and casual
mingling with top filmmakers and celebrities from around the world.
For further information please contact:
Qiujing Wong,
Borderless Productions Limited (NZ),
Phone: +1 21 620 348,
Kimberley Buchanan
Borderless Productions Limited (North America)
Phone: +1 604 861 4140
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