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Posted May 9, 2012, by Cindy Meehl, director, BUCK
BUCK Goes to the Imperial Valley and Mexicali
The Imperial Valley in California is a unique border location that I had never heard of before I went with FILM FORWARD and my …
Posted May 9, 2012, by Jennifer Prediger
Rachel Perkins' Bran Nue Day creates a sense of cultural pride in Mexico
Australian director Rachel Perkins wanted the world to see Aboriginal people in a different way. Their culture had been …
Posted May 4, 2012, by Jennifer Prediger
Buck Reaches At-Risk Youth on the Border
Spending an afternoon at Calexico High School just about a mile from the border of Mexico, Buck Director Cindy Meehl had a …
Posted May 4, 2012, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator
Bran Nue Dae Hits Home with Imperial Valley Students
Imperial Valley and Australia would appear to be in diametric contradiction to one another. One resides in the Northern …
Posted May 3, 2012, by Brittany Ballard
Our Return to Morocco
On the heels of an incredible Imperial Valley program currently under way, FILM FORWARD journeys to the Kingdom of Morocco for …
Posted Apr 27, 2012, by Jacqueline Carlson
Headed West: FILM FORWARD Stops in Imperial Valley and Mexico
After a bustling March featuring FILM FORWARD stops in India and China, the program is headed to California for a week-long …
Posted Apr 23, 2012, by Asif Kapadia, director, Senna
A Director's Homecoming: Asif Kapadia Recalls Bringing Senna to India
FILM FORWARD was a chance for me to continue the cultural dialogue I have been having with India through cinema all of my …
Posted Apr 2, 2012, by Andrea Meditch, Co-Executive Producer and Creative Consultant on Buck
Buck in China: Redefining the American Hero
Kunming, China, it turns out, is mostly cement and just as polluted as other Chinese cities, but it didn’t matter because we …
Posted Apr 2, 2012, by Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Filmmaker Diary from India
Where to start, where to start? I have been trying to put down some thoughts about my incredible experiences screening
Posted Mar 26, 2012, by Xuequn Bao
China Responds to Unfinished Spaces
It's a sad story. In this film, we can learn that something could be damaged and never ever be fixed back to the original …






