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WIFTI Chapter Panel
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Judith James
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Judith is the editor-in-chief of TRACTION and a film, stage and television producer who is in a film partnership with Richard Dreyfuss at Dreyfuss/James Productions and a theater partnership with Camille Cosby.
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Judith James is a film, stage and television producer who is in a film partnership with Richard Dreyfuss at Dreyfuss/James Productions.
Originally a New York theatrical producer of 11 award winning plays, her first television production was the Emmy winning "IN HER OWN WORDS" for KCET and American Playhouse and the Mark Taper Forum .
Her film credits include an executive producer of QUIZ SHOW, a producer of MR. HOLLAND?S OPUS, producer of TRIGGER HAPPY starring Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin, and movies for HBO, TNT, ABC and CBS. In addition she has served as consulting producer on Mr. Dreyfuss? films.
In a theatrical partnership with Camille Cosby, Judith also produced the Broadway play of HAVING OUR SAY; The Delany Sisters? First 100 Years by Emily Mann, subsequent tours and the movie version, directed by Lynne Littman, for CBS, starring Ruby Dee and Diahann Carroll. HAVING OUR SAY received the coveted Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.
In January 2006, she wrapped principal photography on the thriller, THE FOREST, which she produced in India in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is by writer/director Ashvin Kumar, an Academy Award nominee for a short film last year.
She is presently developing a Broadway musical on Pearl Bailey RAW PEARL with Bill and Camille Cosby and, with Viva Productions, readying the independent film, DAYS OF FEAR to star Woody Harrelson to shoot in South Africa.
In January 2005, Ms. James was instrumental in securing and constructing for WOMEN IN FILM an alliance with General Motors under which GM has supported a myriad of WIF programs and events for 3 years ending 2007.
She is the editor-in-chief of TRACTION.
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PANEL ON SOCIAL ISSUE DOCS AND DARFUR NOW
The conflict in Darfur Sudan which began in 2003 has led to some of the worst human rights abuses imaginable, including systematic and widespread murder, rape, abduction, and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed in both deliberate and indiscriminate attacks and over 2.5 million have been displaced. The spread of the campaign into Chad has also uprooted over 170,000 Chadians who remain vulnerable to attacks by armed groups. “DARFUR NOW” focuses on six individuals who are committed to ending a crisis that many have called a genocide. This panel discusses DARFUR NOW and it’s goal in educating the public about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and mobilizing them to take the kind of action that will save lives and end the atrocities that continue to ravage the region.
The Moderator for this discussion is:
Bonnie Abaunza
The Panelists are:
Colin Thomas-Jensen
Janice Kamenir-Reznik
Cathy Schulman
Ted Braun
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