News
21 April
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced today that Sam Kauffmann has been selected as a Guggenheim Fellow in the Creative Arts category for his work in film. Fellowships are awarded to artists, scientist and scholars. This year the 180 successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants.
20 April
Massacre at Murambi has won 2nd Place at the Africa World Documentary Film Festival held in St. Louis, Missouri and Bridgetown, Barbados.
15 March
Massacre at Murambi will be shown as part of the Rwanda Film Festival in Kigali from June 21-27, at the Rwanda Cinema Centre.
01 May
Massacre at Murambi reaches over 350,000 viewers on YouTube.
Last year, The Media That Matters Film Festival posted Massacre at Murambi on their YouTube site. Over 300,000 people have watched and responded to the film.
17 February
Focal Press has just released the 4th Edition of my book, Avid Editing. This edition focuses on the new Media Composer software, including P2 and memory card workflows, Avid's latest voice recognition software (called Script Sync), and includes many HD and HDV editing tips and techniques.
Massacre at Murambi wins...
The Petit Prose Award for excellence in short script writing at the recent Short Short Story Festival.
Read recent reviews and articles about Massacre at Murambi
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For more information, view the Massacre at Murambi films page.
05 December
Living with Slim receives third prize at the African World Documentary Film Festival, held in St. Louis, MO and Lagos, Nigeria.
Living with Slim in use by international organizations
Living with Slim is now used by organizations all over the world in their battle to combat the AIDS pandemic. Here's an updated list of organizations that use Slim in their work:
Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative
American Foundation for Children with AIDS
Children's Investment Fund Foundation London
Catholic Relief Services
Physicians for Human Rights
Project Hope
The CORE Group
World Vision
Keep a Child Alive
Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Sahara Africa
Institute for Health Care Improvement
Ugandan Ministry of Health
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
Population Services International
Plan USA
Health Research Institute
Oxford University Global Health Group
UNICEF Poland
Global Alliance to Immunize against AIDS
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Bishop Masereka Christian Foundation
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Baylor Medical School
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
UNC - Chapel Hill
University of Manitoba School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Boston University - Krasker Library
University of Washington
Wheaton College
Winthrop University
Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
For more information about Living with Slim, including how you can get a copy, click here.
Massacre at Murambi aired nationally on the PBS documentary series P.O.V.