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Blog Entries by Karin Badt from 10/2011

Change a Child's Life: Make a Film or Check Into a Hotel

| Posted 10.21.2011
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Cineastas de Granada has helped over 100 girls empower themselves with a camera by teaching girls how to find their stories, choose their shots and put the film into production.

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Famed Japanese Actress Kyoko Kagawa Celebrated at the Tokyo International Film Festival

| Posted 10.25.2011
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The stunningly beautiful actress -- now aged 80 -- stood gracefully on the stage with the same modest soulfulness she displayed in the films she made with these masters of Japanese cinema.

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Prime Minister of Japan Introduces Tokyo International Film Festival: Films Raise Hope After Fukushima

| Posted 10.25.2011
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Tom Yoda, Chairman of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), opened the festival this weekend by speaking about "the disaster in east Japan this last March."

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