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“We
are grateful to you for this enriching, overwhelming experience.
One student reported that he now plans to vote because people had
given their lives to grant him this right.”
Bonni H. Zetick, PhD
Professor, School of Social Work
LaSalle University.
Donwload
the Press Kit (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
Interview
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In February 2004, CNN Headline
News Anchor, Renay San Miguel interviewed director, Laura
Lipson about the film. Here is an excerpt:
 Renay
San Miguel:
"Obviously you're a White woman working on this
documentary about Black history. I'm wondering how this
was transformative for you, especially when you were
talking to some of the survivors and some of those who
were there, who are still alive, concerning what went
on in some of the Black communities in the South?" |
 Laura
Lipson:
"Well, the women of "Standing on My Sisters'
Shoulders" are really inspiring to me. But I feel
their story goes beyond Black or White. I feel like
it's an American story. Civil Rights, getting our right
to vote, the freedoms of the Constitution are all a
part of what America was based on, and I think the story
goes beyond color lines. I think it's a story for all
of us. And, I was always interested in the Civil Rights
movement, but this really brought it home to me to a
very personal level, hearing their individual stories." |
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Civil
rights film "very powerful"
--Gloria
Butler Baldwin
(The Clarion-Ledger) |
“The
stirring documentary merges archival footage with the oral histories
of the participants of the crusade for civil rights to create a
window on the American soul at a crucial point in history.”
--Kate
Jackson
(Social Work Today) |
"A
powerful and moving film about ordinary women armed with sheer determination...”
--Jennifer
Moffett
(Jackson Free Press) |
“It
[Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders] is a classic portrait of the
women who risked their lives to achieve Civil Rights for all Americans.
Congratulations for a magnificent achievement. This is a film every
American should see and never forget.”
--William
Ferris, PhD
(Former Chairman National Endowment of
the Humanities (NEH) - Washington DC) |
- Mississippi's
Clarion Ledger Review
- Crossroads
Film Festival
- Jackson
Free Press "Soul Sisters"
- Savannah
Film Festival Awards
- Atlanta
Film Festival Awards
For press
kits, screenings, or events:
Contact the distributors Women Make Movies at: info@wmm.com
(212) 925-0606 x360
Contact the Filmmakers:
Joan Sadoff and Laura Lipson at: info@sisters-shoulders.org
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