Welcome to my blog, the news and muse of GlobalGirl, aka Amie Williams. I am an independent documentary filmmaker, activist and single Mom, living in Culver City, CA and usually dreaming about somwhere else...
Happy to write, not so happy to do it online, remember the doodle? But realize I have to get my act together and merge my soul with the internet. Started a new non-profit, Global Girl Media, which nurtures the voice and self-expression of young girls in developing nations with a goal to inspire and empower a future generation of citizen broadcast journalists around the world to speak out about the issues that effect them most. www.globalgirlmedia.org
Tired of seeing most media skewed to the male point of view, with woeful statistics on how many women are prominent in the current established media--both Hollywood and independent cinema is a disgrace.
Read with interest on the daily beast about how empowering women around the world seems to be coming (back into?) fashion http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-23/the-new-girl-power/?cid=tag:all4
But then this: women in Guinea peacefully protesting get gang- raped by men in military uniform. www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZ75vxh7_wO7pFhdUOf-rcKYdi5Q
So stay tuned, as we build our network, reach out to readers like you. I will post thoughts, connections, travel diaries, links to videos I've done or rec. videos and films...reviews. It's all new to me, so please helps us reach the next generation of mediamakers, go global!
Amani Noma (peace is hard, in Swahili)...
GlobalGirl
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