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The Gillian Film: An Exceptional Daughter's Story
(DOCUMENTARY - Running Time: 44 minutes)
Joanne Hershfield
 Through an examination of one life defined as "different” or “exceptional,” The Gillian Film explores how we might transform our understanding of the meaning and worth of any individual life.
Filmmaker Profile: JOANNE HERSHFIELD
Joanne Hershfield is a documentary filmmaker who teaches film and video production and media studies in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also a film scholar, she has published and co-edited several books on Mexican cinema, including The Invention of Dolores del Rio (University of Minnesota Press) and MEXICO'S CINEMA: A Century of Film and Filmmakers (Scholarly Resources).She has been working in film and video for twenty years. Her most recent productions include Women in Japan: Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future, Nuestra Cominidad: Latinos in North Carolina, and Leading Women.
Local Angles:
- The main character in the film, Gillian Fink, lives in Chapel Hill, NC, and is actively involved in numerous North Carolina Special Olympics activities.
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