She graduated with honors from UC Berkeley and lives in Washington, DC.
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Recently, she has been a speaker for the State Department traveling to South Africa to talk to college and high school students and community members about filmmaking, interviewing techniques, mentorship, and the value of preserving grassroots history.Īs a writer/producer director, she has worked on diverse projects including sizzle reels for ABC, a series for Veterans returning to civilian life, a short film for school age children about the US flag, and a World War II documentary story in Rome with the Sadoffs. She wrote and produced hundreds of television trailers and short form videos.
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She’s an award winning writer/producer/director ad has worked with ABC, CBS, TV One, New World Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions. She worked on two of his films: TREASURE ISLAND and RICHARD III. She fulfilled her elementary school dream to live in Paris, and had the opportunity to do that when she became an assistant film editor for auteur director, Raul Ruiz. She also penned the lyrics for the film’s opening song FREEDOM WILL COME. Laura Lipson is the director, writer, and co-producer of STANDING ON MY SISTERS’ SHOULDERS.
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“A powerful and moving film about ordinary women armed with sheer determination…” Jennifer Moffet Jackson Free Press Of History and Director of the Women's History program, Sarah Lawrence Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hammer, Unita Blackwell, and countless others at last get the recognition they deserve." Pricilla Murolo Prof. An exquisite tool for high school and college teachers of history, women's studies, African American studies, and related subjects. "If you can show just one film on the Civil Rights Movement, this should be the one. Of Women's Studies and Black Studies, Univ. "A moving, must-see film of courageous Black women fighting for (and winning) their families' constitutional rights.a truly inspirational portrait." Jacqueline Bobo Prof. “A classic portrait of the women who risked their lives to achieve Civil Rights for all Americans…a film every American should see and never forget.” William Ferris, PhD Former Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Highly recommended…a powerful must-see slice of American life.” T. Through moving interviews and powerful archival footage, STANDING ON MY SISTERS' SHOULDERS weaves a story of commitment, passion and perseverance and tells the story of the women fought for change in Mississippi and altered the course of American history forever. Their living testimony offers a window into a unique moment when the founders’ promise of freedom and justice passed from rhetoric to reality for all Americans. A missing chapter in our nation’s record of the Civil Rights movement, this powerful documentary reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950’s and 60’s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it – and emerged as its grassroots leaders. They had come to their country’s capital seeking civil rights, the first black women to be allowed in the senate chambers in nearly 100 years. Neither lawyers nor politicians, they were ordinary women from Mississippi,and descendants of African slaves. In general, the rarer the coin the more valuable it is, and the Sun Online has already reported on a scarcity index that tracks which circulating £2 coins are the most scarce and collectable.įortunately, the Royal Mint might soon be able to tell you how valuable your coins are as the government-owned coin maker recently announced it is considering offering valuations as part of its future strategy to grow in the collecting market.In 1965, when three women walked into the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C., they had come a very long way. Once you’ve found out whether the coin is real or not, you have a number of options – either selling it through a coin dealer, at auction or on eBay.They will usually supply you with a letter to confirm this. The Royal Mint is unable to value a coin but it can confirm whether it is real or not.Around one in every four old £1 coins were thought to be fake, according to the Royal Mint, so there are probably more fakers in your spare change then you realise.FIRSTLY, you need to make sure the coin is legit and not counterfeit.
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