Alternative Media UN Style

i spent last week in nyc at the UN's 52nd session of the commission on the status of women. there was disappointingly little talk on media (and disappointing results when there was talk.) for instance, i attended a panel on financing the sex industry and sex workers which turned out to be, in large part, an attack of pornography with no concession to the possibilities of alternative feminist pornography or consensual, non-misogynistic representations of sexuality on screen. 

but one of my favorite events was a screening of a documentary by two women producer/directors, Kathy and Becky Sangha called "Leading the Way to Peace," which follows the lives of 4 women peacemakers from various countries (including Sri Lanka and Guatemala) and their efforts in post-conflict/conflict environments. i had the chance to talk to the directors who have also produced a documentary through their production company, sun and moon vision, about LGBT middle school and high school students and have other projects in the works following 4 other women peacemakers as well as an updated doc. on LGBT students. pretty great stuff.

abra