Women, War & Peace Series on PBS
Posted on 01. Nov, 2011 by Tina Pamintuan in Podcast
Francia Márquez in the PBS documentary "The War We Are Living."
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In this new age of war and conflict–unlike any time in recent history–the primary targets for bloodshed, injury and death are not soldiers in uniforms; they are women and their children.
Violence and intimidation against civilians in Africa, South Asia, the Balkans and Latin America have transformed much of what we have thought of as war. The stories of both the survivors and the brave and determined women who are forcing their way into the peacemaking process are the most under-reported stories in the world.
Increasingly documentary filmmakers—many of them women—are telling these stories.
Pamela Hogan is the executive producer of Fork Films. She has been at the forefront of the Wide Angle series on PBS and produced 70 hours of films in 50 countries, many of them on them on the subject of oppression of women. She is one of three executive producers of the five-part series Women, War and Peace. This Tuesday, November 1st, their film, The War We Are Living, will premiere on PBS at 10 PM ET.
JudyAnn Hurst, Ed.D.
02. Nov, 2011
I was fortunate to view one part of the series last Thursday on PBS.. I just finished listening to Lonnie Isabel interviewing Pamela Hogan. It is refreshing to read or listen to any event in history with such a broad, honest, and objective perspective. As a teacher and former professor of graduate students in a school of education, specifically, the Department of Literacy Studies, I can only hope that teachers continue to educate themselves by listening to interviews such as this one. We need to stay current. This interview broadened my perspective of the continued social injustice with regard to women in past and modern times of war and destruction of villages and their culture by overtaking the land that rightfully belongs to its original inhabitants. As a female teacher of English Language Learners from South and Central America as well as from Yugoslavia and other war-torn countries, I think that all teachers and professors need to include this vital piece of the puzzle in their curriculum. Specifically, educators need to address and acknowledge the complicated nature of war and its affect on women and children who are being degraded and uprooted. To exclude this information would be a further injustice to the victims and it would be antithetical to the Common Core Standards implemented in schools today in the US and abroad.
Telegraph21
08. Nov, 2011
This is a moving series. Check out our feature of Episode 3: Peace Unveiled and exclusive interview with Director Gini Reticker and Producer Claudia M. Rizzi
http://www.telegraph21.com/video/women-war-peace-episode-3-peace-unveiled