Between Light and Darkness Award Win
Posted by admin in News on Jul 13th, 2011
I’m proud to be able to announce that “Afghanistan: Between Light and Darkness,” a short documentary I cut last year, just won an Honorable Mention Award at the 2011 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.
The film is about a non governmental agency called PARSA that works to improve living conditions in Afghanistan. Central to their work is providing educational and economic opportunities to women and children affected by the constant wars that have been fought in Afghanistan over the previous decades.
One of their earliest programs was finding, training and paying teachers who could work in underground schools to educate girls, a punishable offense under the Taliban. They have since started other programs to help war widows become economically self-suffient and to educate orphans, both academically and emotionally.
A big congratulations and personal thank you goes out to our director, Penelope Price, who worked harder than anyone to get this film made. It was truly a pleasure to be part of the film and I can’t wait to hear what audiences will say and think about this piece.
If you want to know more, here’s a link to website for Penelope’s production company where you can find more information about the project:
