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15 August 2011
Massacre at Murambi, which aired on the PBS series P.O.V., has reached over 1-million viewers on YouTube.
Three years ago, The Media That Matters Film Festival posted Massacre at Murambi on their YouTube site. Over seven hundred viewers have joined the discussion about the film.
24 May 2011
Kids Living with Slim was a finalist at the Africa World Documentary Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. It screened on Saturday, May 14, at the Missouri History Museum.
10 April 2011
Kids Living with Slim will be showcased at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, Qatar, April 21-24. Sam Kauffmann has been invited to attend the festival and talk about the film.
16 February 2011
The Huffington Post and The Chronicle of Higher Education write about our campaign to end the misuse of the SAT and ACT tests
Both publications featured our short film in their articles and drew attention to the issues we raise about the biases found in both the SAT and ACT tests. To watch the film click here.
4 January 2011
Start of a Campaign to End the Misuse of SAT and ACT tests
My daughter Allie (17) and I just launched a website and short film that exposes the many biases that make the SAT and ACT tests unfair to millions of Americans. Please visit the website and sign the petition! To go to the website click here.
7 December 2010
Kids Living with Slim wins CINE Golden Eagle Award
The CINE Golden Eagle Awards are given for excellence in professional and independent filmmaking and are recognized internationally as symbols of the highest standards in film and television production.
1 December 2010
Kids Living with Slim shown at MFA on World AIDS Day
On Wednesday, December 1, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will hold a special screening of "Kids Living with Slim." The show will start at 7 pm in the Remis Auditoium.
1 October 2010
Kids Living with Slim Trailer Screens at Black Ball
The Black Ball takes place annually in NYC and is the year's biggest fundraiser for the AIDS organization Keep A Child Alive. Immediately following the screening of the six-minute trailer, 160 people stood up and pledged $1000. Actress Uma Thurman collected the pledges and then Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Sade and Janelle Monae entertained the packed ballroom.
17 September 2010
Kids Living with Slim Screens at BU International Health Film Series
The students who are part of the International Health program at the School of Public Health particpated in a screening and discussion of the issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. KIDS LIVING WITH SLIM served as the kickoff to a semester long series of films on iinternational health issues.
2 August 2010
Kids Living with Slim screens at One Love Conference
One Love is a conference for young people living with HIV from all over New England. The screening was extrememly emotional for many because the issues facing the children in Africa are so similar to the issues they face: stigma, the daily drug regimen, disclosing to friends and partners, worries about the future. Several participants said their attitudes toward their staus has changed since watching the film. One young woman, who admitted not following her daily drug regimen, said that watching the African childen take their drugs faithfully has convinced her to take her drugs every day.
July 2010
Kids Living with Slim at ZIFF
The Zanzibar International Film Festival screened KIDS LIVING WITH SLIM as part of its 2010 festival. It played to a packed theatre in the famous House of Wonders in Stonetown.
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1 April 2010
A Spanish translation of my book Avid Editing was just published by Anaya Multimedia.
25 December 2009
Chinese and Russian translations of my book Avid Editing were recently published (in China and Russia).
21 April 2009
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.
Read recent reviews and articles about Massacre at Murambi
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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
Kids Living with Slim - Kizza is 11 years old