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The awards and this year\u2019s winners are:<\/p>\n
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JULIA REICHERT of Yellow Springs has been called \u201ca godmother of the American independent film movement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her film \u201cGrowing Up Female\u201d (with Jim Klein) was the first feature documentary of the modern Women\u2019s Movement and was chosen for inclusion on the National Film Registry. Her films \u201cUnion Maids\u201d and \u201cSeeing Red\u201d (with Klein) were both nominated for Academy Awards for Best Feature Documentary, as was \u201cThe Last Truck\u201d as a Short. Her film \u201cA Lion in the House\u201d (with Steven Bognar) premiered at Sundance, screened nationally on PBS, was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and won the Primetime Emmy for \u201cExceptional Merit in Nonfiction Film making.\u201d It also premiered on HBO, and at the Telluride Film Festival. Reichert co-wrote and directed the feature film \u201cEmma and Elvis,\u201d produced the feature \u201cThe Dream Catcher.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reichert is co-founder of New Day Films, the social issue film distribution co-op, which is now 40 years old. She is author of \u201cDoing It Yourself,\u201d the first book on self-distribution in independent film and is Professor of Motion Pictures at Wright State University in Ohio. Her new film \u201cSparkle\u201d (with Steven Bognar) recently won the audience award for best short at the SilverDocs film festival.<\/p>\n
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