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Sister
Dorothy Stang Film Wins Two Awards
at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival
On Tuesday, March 11, 2008,
the feature-length film, They killed Sister Dorothy, about the life and
death of Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dorothy Stang, won both the Grand Jury
and Audience awards for best documentary feature at the South by Southwest
Film Festival in Austin, TX.
Sister Dorothy served as a
missionary in Brazil with the families of landless peasants.
Because of her work with justice and preservation of the Amazon Forest,
she was shot to death on February 12, 2005 in Anapu, Para, a section of the
Amazon.
The
film examines the following questions: Who was this woman, and why was she
killed? What will become of her murderers, and who else was involved? What are
the implications of her murder and these trials on the future?
The
movie was filmed by Daniel Junge and produced by Henry Ansbacher and Nigel Noble
of Just Media of Denver, CO.
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CONTACT:
Sister Joan Krimm, SNDdeN
513-679-8180
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