AT THE JUNE 2006 festival at The Museum of the City of NY panel participants include Academy-Award© Winning
actress KATHY BATES, The Woodsman producer LISA CORTES SVP of Lee Daniels Entertainment, President and CEO of the Museum of
Television & Radio PAT MITCHELL(formerly PBS President & CEO), Executive Director of Women Make Movies DEBRA ZIMMERMAN,
Program Director of HBO-sponsored Reelworks Young Filmmaker's Lab STEPHANIE WALTERS-WILLIAMS, Co-founder of Feminists
for Free Expression & women's erotica pioneer CANDIDA ROYALLE, Playgirl Magazine writer JAMYE WAXMAN, and LaSalle-Holland
Managment Production principal LILLIAN LASALLE.
In Association
With: Guerilla Girls, Tribeca Film Festival, LUNAFEST, Women Make Movies, Museum of the City of New York, Museum of Television
& Radio, HBO-sponsored Reelworks Young Filmmaker's Lab, we seek to aid in stopping the violence against women and
girls worldwide by showcasing films that empower women. We also aim to encourage new filmmaking with the mission of female
empowerment.
*OUR PRESS RELEASE*
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V-Day is an organized response
against violence toward women. V-Day is a vision: We see a world where women live safely and freely. V-Day is a demand: Rape,
incest, battery, genital mutilation and sexual slavery must end now. V-Day is a spirit: We believe women should spend their
lives creating and thriving rather than surviving or recovering from terrible atrocities. V-Day is a catalyst: By raising
money and consciousness, it will unify and strengthen existing anti-violence efforts. Triggering far-reaching awareness, it
will lay the groundwork for new educational, protective, and legislative endeavors throughout the world. V-Day is a fierce,
wild, unstoppable movement and community. Join us!