Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Acclaimed local filmmaker to speak at LUNAFEST

Katie Curran, 33, has worked as assistant producer, production assistant and camera for documentaries from PBS, NOVA and Power Paths. She interned for the Emmy award-winning Investigative Team at ABC News in Chicago and has worked as a freelance writer for print, National Public Radio and Lines Across the Sand, a documentary about author Edward Abbey and the environmentalist warriors of the Monkey Wrench Gang. Determined, but with a small budget, Curran backpacked across the world for the past five years to collect footage for her first film and directorial debut, "Greening the Revolution". This feature-length documentary examines the globalization of the food supply, focusing on the grassroots response of communities in India, Kenya, Zambia, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Haiti and the United States. The rough cut Curran's film has played at festivals in Milan, New York and Oaxaca, Mexico where Curran won 'Best Female Filmmaker'. The final cut of "Greening the Revolution" will premiere in 2011.

Katie will join Girls on the Run  of N. AZ Executive Director, Stephanie Ludwig in speaking before the evening films on Saturday, May 14th.

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