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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Writer and human-rights activist Alice Walker’s story is an inspiring personal journey of a life lived with passionate commitment to truth and justice – ideals that sprang from a background of poverty and violent racism.

Premiere Date

February 7, 2014

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production, Development

Pratibha Parmar

Producer/Director

Pratibha Parmar is an award-winning filmmaker whose films include Warrior Marks, A Place of Rage and Khush, which have won acclaim at international film festivals and been broadcast in many countries. Nina’s Heavenly Delights, her award-winning feature film debut, released theatrically in the UK and US in 2006/7. In 2007, she was awarded the Visionary Award for her body of work from the One in Ten Film Festival. Parmar is also a past winner of the Frameline Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
Shaheen Haq

Producer

Shaheen Haq is production executive with Kali Films, developing a slate of films — both documentary and narrative features. As a producer of Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, Haq managed the production and raised financing. Haq has a background of 20 years of experience as an architect and project manager, and brings this discipline and extensive knowledge base to her film production career.