Who Fact Sheet

WHO FACT SHEET

A Cultural Presentation of the United States of America, a co-operative grant program of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs Department of the United States of America and The University Film and Video Association.

I. WHAT:

The American Documentary Showcase brings award-winning contemporary American documentaries to audiences around the world to offer a view of American society and culture as seen by independent documentary filmmakers. The Showcase also demonstrated the value of documentaries in fostering understanding and cooperation.

II. WHO:

Sixty American documentary filmmakers. Five Oscar® nominated films, Emmy® winners, award winning films from Sundance, Tribeca and Silverdocs film festivals and many others.
Four Fulbright Scholars.
Every delegate donated their time, expertise and their films. All delegates reported that the trips were moving, educational, and in some cases truly life-changing.

III. WHERE:

Of the almost 50 requests for the Showcase in 2010/2011, over one half are from countries that hosted the program in 2009. This indicates that the posts found the program to be valuable and very much worth the planning and expense that such a complex project entails.

AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE COUNTRIES TO BE VISITED IN 2010 (partial list)

Angola
Bahrain
Burma
China
Columbia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Honduras
Kenya
Mongolia
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
Poland
Paraguay
Rwanda
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

2010 AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE 26 FILMS TITLES

BODY & SOUL: DIANA & KATHY Alice Elliot
BRONX PRINCESS Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed
BURNING THE FUTURE: COAL IN AMERICA David Novack
COME BACK TO SUDAN Patti Bonnet & Daniel Junge
THE FIRST KID TO LEARN ENGLISH FROM MEXICO Peter Jordan
FREEWAY PHILHARMONIC Tal Skloot
HOW TO FOLD A FLAG Michael Tucker
KING CORN & BIG RIVER Aaron Wolf
NESHOBA Micki Dickoff
NEW MUSLIM COOL Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO & VILMOS James Chressanthis
NOTES ON LIBERTY John Scott & Karen Rodriguez
OH, SAIGON Doan Hoang
RACING DREAMS Marshall Curry
READING THE WATER Niklas Vollmer
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman
SWEETHEARTS OF THE PRISON RODEO Bradley Beesley
TROUBLE THE WATER Tia Lessin & Carl Deal
A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES S. Leo Chiang
WELCOME TO SHELBYVILLE Kim Snyder
WHICH WAY HOME Rebecca Cammisa
WHIZ KIDS Tom Shepard
ANIMATION SHOWCASE
ALL WORK IS DERIVATIVE, THE STORK Nina Paley
UNNATURAL HISTORY OF WALL STREET Gary Lieb
THE BALLAD OF JOHN HENRY UNICORN Jim Lujan