Capturing lives on film..
In 1998 Marianna directed and produced Undesirables, which won a Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) and screened at Cannes. Since 2000 she has worked for Discovery Channel, National Geographic, History Channel, and Greenpeace as Producer and Senior Editor. In 2006 she was Head of Research on An Inconvenient Truth, which won an Academy Award. Her last project, HOLY WARRIORS, a study of soldiers who found religion, has played in 35 countries worldwide and won numerous awards. Marianna is also a finalist for a 2010 China-U.S. Fulbright fellowship to do research for her latest project.
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Luba’s Hope: Russia after Putin
About the Film The film follows lawyer-activist-political candidate Lyubov Sobol, formerly the head of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation She is an idealistic corruption fighter who has survived hunger strikes, attempted poisoning, multiple arrests, and exile, as she plans for a democratic post-Putin Russia. Lyubov Sobol is a human rights activist from Russia. A staunch advocate for
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About the Film The film follows lawyer-activist-political candidate Lyubov Sobol, formerly the head of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation She is an idealistic corruption fighter who has survived hunger strikes, attempted poisoning, multiple arrests, and exile, as she plans for a democratic post-Putin Russia. Lyubov Sobol is a human rights activist from Russia. A staunch advocate for
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Student Academy Awards reception – Alumni meet talented Student winners 2017
New President of the Academy of Motion Pictures John Bailey speaks at the student Academy Awards / student Oscars. Congratulations to all the talented winners!
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