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Acclaimed Documentarian Explores “Private Violence” of South Asia  

(Worcester, MA – February 11, 2004)  Grace Poore, the acclaimed writer, director and producer of the award winning video documentary, The Children We Sacrifice, will lecture and lead a discussion after the showing of her video at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2004 in the Multimedia Auditorium (Room 102) of the Ghosh Center for Science and Technology at Worcester State College.

Poore, who won the 2001 Creating A Voice Award and the 2000 Rosebud Award for the video, creatively catalogs the “private violence” of incest and sexual abuse of both women and children in South Asia. The documentary has been screened at a number of festivals including the April 2002 Women’s Film Festival in Seoul and the June 2000 United Nations Women’s Film Festival. The video is not a sensationalist treatment of women who share their stories, but a moving validation of those who confront a deeply camouflaged issue.

Poore, born and raised in Malaysia, is a graduate of Syracuse University and has lived in the United States for over 20 years.  Her documentaries are used by advocates working to stop child sexual abuse, women’s rights groups, battered women’s programs, mental health agencies, colleges and universities in the United States and around the world.

The event is co-sponsored by Worcester State College Women's Studies Program and Center for the Study of Human Rights.  It is free and open to the public.  For more information, call (508) 929-8612.  For information on Grace Poore and her documentaries, visit www.shaktiproductions.net/.

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