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Jennifer Lopez has a new goal: empowering the next generation of Latina entrepreneurs.
The superstar singer, who has built a considerable empire across film, television, beauty, fashion and philanthropy, has linked up with Grameen America to serve as a national ambassador. The role will see Lopez serving several functions, including helping Grameen America with its mission of empowering 600,000 Latina entrepreneurs across 50 U.S. cities with 14 billion in business capital and six million hours of financial education and training by 2030.
Additionally, it will help Lopez further her philanthropic project, Limitless Labs, which supports Latina-owned small businesses in addition to other work, including youth empowerment, civic engagement and empowering women with the confidence to live limitlessly with a focus on helping those in her hometown of the Bronx.
In doing so, Lopez will “motivate, promote and inspire Latina businesswomen, helping them understand the pathway to...
Jennifer Lopez has a new goal: empowering the next generation of Latina entrepreneurs.
The superstar singer, who has built a considerable empire across film, television, beauty, fashion and philanthropy, has linked up with Grameen America to serve as a national ambassador. The role will see Lopez serving several functions, including helping Grameen America with its mission of empowering 600,000 Latina entrepreneurs across 50 U.S. cities with 14 billion in business capital and six million hours of financial education and training by 2030.
Additionally, it will help Lopez further her philanthropic project, Limitless Labs, which supports Latina-owned small businesses in addition to other work, including youth empowerment, civic engagement and empowering women with the confidence to live limitlessly with a focus on helping those in her hometown of the Bronx.
In doing so, Lopez will “motivate, promote and inspire Latina businesswomen, helping them understand the pathway to...
- 6/10/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Tokyo Olympic Games got underway on Friday a year late and after much rethinking — not to mention behind the scene drama and protests. Its opening ceremony, without spectators in the stadium, began in both spectacular and ethereal fashion.
With a mixture of pre-recorded and live performances in the stadium, the ceremony opened with fireworks around the top of the roof-less stadium in indigo, blue and white in the shape of a fan, an auspicious symbol in Japan.
As well as interpretative dances enacting traditional practices from Japanese culture such as woodwork, there was also a sequence with athletes, dressed in white, practising alone across the stadium on exercise equipment including treadmills, rowing machines and stationary bikes with some athletes even working out on imaginary equipment, representing the isolation and challenges represented by the last eighteen months.
Naruhito, the Emperor of Japan, joined Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympics Committee,...
With a mixture of pre-recorded and live performances in the stadium, the ceremony opened with fireworks around the top of the roof-less stadium in indigo, blue and white in the shape of a fan, an auspicious symbol in Japan.
As well as interpretative dances enacting traditional practices from Japanese culture such as woodwork, there was also a sequence with athletes, dressed in white, practising alone across the stadium on exercise equipment including treadmills, rowing machines and stationary bikes with some athletes even working out on imaginary equipment, representing the isolation and challenges represented by the last eighteen months.
Naruhito, the Emperor of Japan, joined Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympics Committee,...
- 7/23/2021
- by K.J. Yossman, Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
More than 200 leaders from the fields of public health, medicine, global development, and racial justice, joined faith leaders, economists, Nobel laureates, former members of Congress and artists to sign a public letter calling on President Joe Biden to champion a People’s Vaccine for Covid-19 — a public good that is freely and fairly available to all, prioritizing those most in need at home and around the world.
At a time when millions of Americans and people around the world face the dual-ills of health and economic insecurity, with communities of color facing disproportionate burdens, and where too many households stand only one health crisis away from poverty, it has never been more important to deliver a vaccine that can serve to protect everyone, everywhere.
Signers of the letter include philanthropists Abigail Disney and Chelsea Clinton, singers Gloria Estefan and Sara Bareilles, actors Aisha Tyler, Forest Whitaker, Mark Ruffalo, and Bradley Whitford,...
At a time when millions of Americans and people around the world face the dual-ills of health and economic insecurity, with communities of color facing disproportionate burdens, and where too many households stand only one health crisis away from poverty, it has never been more important to deliver a vaccine that can serve to protect everyone, everywhere.
Signers of the letter include philanthropists Abigail Disney and Chelsea Clinton, singers Gloria Estefan and Sara Bareilles, actors Aisha Tyler, Forest Whitaker, Mark Ruffalo, and Bradley Whitford,...
- 3/1/2021
- Look to the Stars
The Party Films Sales, the newly launched Paris-based film company, is making its market debut at the Efm with several acquisitions, including Javier Polo’s “The Mystery of the Pink Flamingos” and Jim Rakete’s “Now.”
The company brings together the international sales units of two banners, Jour2Fête, a French distribution company, and Doc & Film Intl., a world sales company that was recently acquired by Jour2Fete following the exit of its CEO Daniela Elstner, who is now UniFrance’s managing director.
“The Mystery of the Pink Flamingos” and “Now” are being delivered in two different versions, a feature-length one aimed at theatrical distributors, and a 52-minute format for TV channels. Samuel Blanc, co-head of international sales at The Party Films Sales, said the company was interested in building bridges between film and TV through the acquisitions of movies that can be viewed in different formats.
“The Mystery of the...
The company brings together the international sales units of two banners, Jour2Fête, a French distribution company, and Doc & Film Intl., a world sales company that was recently acquired by Jour2Fete following the exit of its CEO Daniela Elstner, who is now UniFrance’s managing director.
“The Mystery of the Pink Flamingos” and “Now” are being delivered in two different versions, a feature-length one aimed at theatrical distributors, and a 52-minute format for TV channels. Samuel Blanc, co-head of international sales at The Party Films Sales, said the company was interested in building bridges between film and TV through the acquisitions of movies that can be viewed in different formats.
“The Mystery of the...
- 2/24/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
International opera star Renee Fleming and Emmy Award nominee Tituss Burgess performed together for the first time, for an audience that includes opera stars Joyce Didonato, Paul Appleby and Diana Soviero, Ann Ziff, Margie Loeb, Miriam Morales 'Orange Is The New Black', poker star Beth Shak, Nobel Laureates Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Dr. James Watson, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Mercedes Bass, Dave Gilboa Warby Parker, Angela Birchett The Color Purple, Grammy nominee Emily King, and more at Sing for Hope's 10th Anniversary Gala this Monday at Tribeca Rooftop. BroadwayWorld has photos from the performance and the gala below...
- 10/28/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
International opera star Renee Fleming and Emmy Award nominee Tituss Burgess performed together for the first time, for an audience that includes opera stars Joyce Didonato, Paul Appleby and Diana Soviero, Ann Ziff, Margie Loeb, Miriam Morales 'Orange Is The New Black', poker star Beth Shak, Nobel Laureates Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Dr. James Watson, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Mercedes Bass, Dave Gilboa Warby Parker, Angela Birchett The Color Purple, Grammy nominee Emily King, and more atSing for Hope's 10th Anniversary Gala this Monday atTribeca Rooftop. Scroll down for photos of the stars arriving for the event...
- 10/28/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The eighth annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, took place June 27 at the Minskoff Theatre, honoring the best of the best in musical theater performance from 31 schools across the country. Tony nominee Zachary Levi (“She Loves Me”) hosted the inspirational ceremony, where 62 hopefuls sang Broadway-inspired tunes, including a number featuring songs from Broadway’s “On Your Feet!” and an opening medley that combined moments from the new and the classic: “Hamilton,” “Waitress,” “Chicago,” and more. Eight talented finalists then delivered solo performances for the chance to win coveted awards. Top acting honors for the evening went to Josh Strobl of Los Angeles, who won best actor singing “Maria” from “West Side Story,” and Amina Faye of Charlotte, North Carolina, who won best actress with her performance of “A New Life” from “Jekyll and Hyde.” Best performance in an ensemble went to Devon McCleskey,...
- 6/28/2016
- backstage.com
Los Angeles, May 22: Model-turned actress Lily Cole will be honoured with a doctorate by a Scottish University for outstanding contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes.
The 25-year-old will be presented the Doctor of Letters degree from Glasgow Caledonian University (Gcu) July 3.
She had worked with professor Muhammad Yunus of Cambridge University on her new social networking site Impossible.com, where users can offer their skills and services for free, reports dailystar.co.uk.
Cole is honoured with the "distinction".
"I have great admiration for the work of Gcu's Chancellor, Professor Yunus. He is.
The 25-year-old will be presented the Doctor of Letters degree from Glasgow Caledonian University (Gcu) July 3.
She had worked with professor Muhammad Yunus of Cambridge University on her new social networking site Impossible.com, where users can offer their skills and services for free, reports dailystar.co.uk.
Cole is honoured with the "distinction".
"I have great admiration for the work of Gcu's Chancellor, Professor Yunus. He is.
- 5/22/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Valerie Harper, who disclosed last week that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, made an appearance on "The Doctors" to discuss her life, as well as her sickness. Harper was joyful throughout her interview on the show, focusing on the positives she has been experiencing, like the outpouring of love she's receiving from fans.
When asked how she found out about her diagnosis, she revealed that her husband, Tony Cacciotti, initially hid it from her, not wanting to believe it was real. However, when he came clean, and the couple got a second opinion, it was confirmed. Harper says she gave herself time to be sad, before deciding to move on with it. She says her motto throughout this ordeal hasn't been "Why Me?" - but rather, "Why not me?" She pointed to her excellent health coverage, wonderful doctors, and the "greatest husband in the world," as proof...
When asked how she found out about her diagnosis, she revealed that her husband, Tony Cacciotti, initially hid it from her, not wanting to believe it was real. However, when he came clean, and the couple got a second opinion, it was confirmed. Harper says she gave herself time to be sad, before deciding to move on with it. She says her motto throughout this ordeal hasn't been "Why Me?" - but rather, "Why not me?" She pointed to her excellent health coverage, wonderful doctors, and the "greatest husband in the world," as proof...
- 3/12/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival has announced its 2012 full line up which includes the world premiere of Australian documentary Semi Colin about Colin Murray, as well as local films Save Your Legs, A Common Purpose and Coral Rekindling Venus.
The announcement:
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (Bofa) has announced an outstanding 2012 program featuring 30 of the world’s best features and documentaries from the last 12 months.
The 2012 Bofa Festival, to run from November 8-11 in Launceston and Hobart, will offer a wide range of screen based entertainment ranging from the latest Woody Allen production To Rome with Love to the extraordinary and award winning Us feature Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Documentaries include Under African Skies, which follows Neil Simon’s return to South Africa 25 years after Graceland, and Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the story of the world’s greatest sushi master.
Premieres include the world premiere of Semi Colin,...
The announcement:
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (Bofa) has announced an outstanding 2012 program featuring 30 of the world’s best features and documentaries from the last 12 months.
The 2012 Bofa Festival, to run from November 8-11 in Launceston and Hobart, will offer a wide range of screen based entertainment ranging from the latest Woody Allen production To Rome with Love to the extraordinary and award winning Us feature Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Documentaries include Under African Skies, which follows Neil Simon’s return to South Africa 25 years after Graceland, and Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the story of the world’s greatest sushi master.
Premieres include the world premiere of Semi Colin,...
- 10/25/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
HollywoodNews.com: Chicago will welcome 20 Nobel Peace Laureates from 17 countries around the globe this April 23 – 25, 2012, for the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, together with the 2012 Chicago Host Committee, have announced that eleven Nobel Peace Prize-winning individuals and nine Laureate organizations are currently confirmed to attend and participate in the three-day event—the first time the international peacemaking summit will be held in North America.
Read More About Sean Penn’S Work In Haiti
In addition to convening Nobel Laureates, the World Summit annually recognizes a high-profile personality making an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace. Sean Penn, actor, founder and CEO of J/P Haitian Relief Organization, will be presented with the 2012 Peace Summit Award during the summit for his work to rebuild and aid the victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as well...
Read More About Sean Penn’S Work In Haiti
In addition to convening Nobel Laureates, the World Summit annually recognizes a high-profile personality making an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace. Sean Penn, actor, founder and CEO of J/P Haitian Relief Organization, will be presented with the 2012 Peace Summit Award during the summit for his work to rebuild and aid the victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as well...
- 3/19/2012
- by Vitale Morum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Skoll Foundation And Sundance Institute Present
Celebrating .Stories Of Change. Panel
At 2012 Sundance Film Festival
Fifth Stories of Change Convening for Filmmakers and Social Entrepreneurs
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation today announced a special Celebrating .Stories of Change. panel to be held at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The panel celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship in Focus Through Documentary initiative, dedicated to exploring film’s role in advancing knowledge about social entrepreneurship.
At this special event on Tuesday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally Osberg will moderate a thought-provoking dialogue between award-winning filmmakers (including clips from their work) and innovators who are impacting millions. Panelists include Joia Mukherjee (Partners in Health), Jehane Noujaim (Director, Control Room), Bunker Roy (Founder, Barefoot College) and Kief Davidson (Director, The Devil.s Miner). Ticket information is available atwww.
Celebrating .Stories Of Change. Panel
At 2012 Sundance Film Festival
Fifth Stories of Change Convening for Filmmakers and Social Entrepreneurs
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation today announced a special Celebrating .Stories of Change. panel to be held at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The panel celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship in Focus Through Documentary initiative, dedicated to exploring film’s role in advancing knowledge about social entrepreneurship.
At this special event on Tuesday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally Osberg will moderate a thought-provoking dialogue between award-winning filmmakers (including clips from their work) and innovators who are impacting millions. Panelists include Joia Mukherjee (Partners in Health), Jehane Noujaim (Director, Control Room), Bunker Roy (Founder, Barefoot College) and Kief Davidson (Director, The Devil.s Miner). Ticket information is available atwww.
- 1/23/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
George Clooney headed out to Sydney's Star City Casino yesterday afternoon. He arrived Down Under Sunday in order to speak during a leadership conference alongside Martha Stewart, Russell Simmons, and microlending pioneer Muhammad Yunus, and the actor's expected to leave the country today. Admirers could pay $1,000 to lunch with George Clooney yesterday and hear him speak about his work to bring attention to political crises in Africa. The trip to Australia netted George $600,000, and he reportedly donated the fee to charity. His girlfriend, Stacy Keibler, meanwhile, stayed behind in La and was seen checking out a Jay-z and Kanye West show. Stacy tweeted that she's a big fan of Kanye's song "Runaway" in particular, since she empathizes with his lyrics about toasting haters. View Slideshow ›...
- 12/13/2011
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press
New York — Just before the global financial crisis struck in 2008, Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus came to the U.S. to do just about the last thing any mainstream economist would have advised – he set up a bank for the poor.
Helped by its Bangladeshi know-how, Grameen America has replicated the kind of micro-lending to the poor that helped millions of women set up small businesses in the largely rural and cyclone-prone South Asian country about as far removed from New York as you could imagine.
Three years on, Grameen America has succeeded – albeit on a modest scale. That story is told in a documentary film, "To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America," by New York and Boston-based filmmaker Gayle Ferraro that has its New York premiere Friday.
It documents the bank's startup in the New York City borough of Queens...
New York — Just before the global financial crisis struck in 2008, Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus came to the U.S. to do just about the last thing any mainstream economist would have advised – he set up a bank for the poor.
Helped by its Bangladeshi know-how, Grameen America has replicated the kind of micro-lending to the poor that helped millions of women set up small businesses in the largely rural and cyclone-prone South Asian country about as far removed from New York as you could imagine.
Three years on, Grameen America has succeeded – albeit on a modest scale. That story is told in a documentary film, "To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America," by New York and Boston-based filmmaker Gayle Ferraro that has its New York premiere Friday.
It documents the bank's startup in the New York City borough of Queens...
- 9/23/2011
- by Eleanor Goldberg
- Huffington Post
This is the inspiring, logic-defying, yet true story of one man’s idea, a strange new kind of bank, and the millions of lives it’s changed – around the world and here in the United States. What prevents poor people from getting ahead? Banks refuse to give credit without collateral. Where commercial banks see insolvency, Nobel Prize–winning economist Muhammad Yunus sees opportunity. His groundbreaking Grameen Bank was built on the radical ...
- 3/29/2011
- indieWIRE - People
This is the inspiring, logic-defying, yet true story of one man’s idea, a strange new kind of bank, and the millions of lives it’s changed – around the world and here in the United States. What prevents poor people from getting ahead? Banks refuse to give credit without collateral. Where commercial banks see insolvency, Nobel Prize–winning economist Muhammad Yunus sees opportunity. His groundbreaking Grameen Bank was built on the radical ...
- 3/29/2011
- indieWIRE - People
This is the inspiring, logic-defying, yet true story of one man’s idea, a strange new kind of bank, and the millions of lives it’s changed – around the world and here in the United States. What prevents poor people from getting ahead? Banks refuse to give credit without collateral. Where commercial banks see insolvency, Nobel Prize–winning economist Muhammad Yunus sees opportunity. His groundbreaking Grameen Bank was built on the radical ...
- 3/29/2011
- indieWIRE - People
This is the inspiring, logic-defying, yet true story of one man’s idea, a strange new kind of bank, and the millions of lives it’s changed – around the world and here in the United States. What prevents poor people from getting ahead? Banks refuse to give credit without collateral. Where commercial banks see insolvency, Nobel Prize–winning economist Muhammad Yunus sees opportunity. His groundbreaking Grameen Bank was built on the radical ...
- 3/29/2011
- Indiewire
To Catch A Dollar – March 31, 7:30pm, @South Lamar – Tickets Available Here
To Catch A Dollar, a 2010 Sundance Film Festival selection, documents the birth of Grameen America and the effort to bring Nobel Peace Prize winner and Presidential Medal of Honor winner Muhammad Yunus’s revolutionary microfinance program to the United States. The film features stories of women borrowers from around the world – with a focus here in the U.S on the plight of those struggling to save. It proves it is possible to meet the needs of Americans living without access to affordable financial services, and can fuel a social movement campaign that can go even further. It also educates viewers about the potential for microfinance as a solution to a number of these pressing social challenges. Lastly, the film provides clear and sustainable calls to action that extend the reach of the film and its stories beyond...
To Catch A Dollar, a 2010 Sundance Film Festival selection, documents the birth of Grameen America and the effort to bring Nobel Peace Prize winner and Presidential Medal of Honor winner Muhammad Yunus’s revolutionary microfinance program to the United States. The film features stories of women borrowers from around the world – with a focus here in the U.S on the plight of those struggling to save. It proves it is possible to meet the needs of Americans living without access to affordable financial services, and can fuel a social movement campaign that can go even further. It also educates viewers about the potential for microfinance as a solution to a number of these pressing social challenges. Lastly, the film provides clear and sustainable calls to action that extend the reach of the film and its stories beyond...
- 3/24/2011
- by john
- OriginalAlamo.com
Screenvision recently send us information regarding a special one night event that's going to place on March 31st in theaters. Press Release:On March 31, theaters across the country will host a special media event, introducing American audiences to the potential for microfinance in the United States, and the magic of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus’s Grameen Bank. Gayle Ferraro’s film “To...
- 3/23/2011
- by Anthony T
Can documentaries and feature films further debate on development and widen popular engagement? Or are they trapped by conventions that dumb down and dramatise complex issues?
What can a good film add to debates on development? What damage can a bad one do?
As several festivals celebrating films with development themes get under way, we'd like to hear your suggestions of films that have made you think. To get the discussion going, below is a selection of films currently screening, available online or much debated in recent years.
Slumdog Millionaire Dir Danny Boyle, India, 2008. This 2008 Oscar-winning feature film tells the story of a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the TV game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?'
The Micro Debt Dir Tom Heinemann, 2010. This investigative film about Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank has caused a furore in the world of microfinance. It premiers in the UK on Friday.
What can a good film add to debates on development? What damage can a bad one do?
As several festivals celebrating films with development themes get under way, we'd like to hear your suggestions of films that have made you think. To get the discussion going, below is a selection of films currently screening, available online or much debated in recent years.
Slumdog Millionaire Dir Danny Boyle, India, 2008. This 2008 Oscar-winning feature film tells the story of a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the TV game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?'
The Micro Debt Dir Tom Heinemann, 2010. This investigative film about Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank has caused a furore in the world of microfinance. It premiers in the UK on Friday.
- 3/10/2011
- by Jaz Cummins, Claire Provost
- The Guardian - Film News
In his new book Tell to Win, legendary Hollywood producer and entrepreneur Peter Guber shares the secret to success: Great storytelling. And here's the good news--we all have it in us.
If I had to appropriate a trending hashtag for the remarkably colorful career of Peter Guber, I would pick #winning. He has run a record label and a movie studio. He gave the world Kiss and Rain Man. Recently, Guber produced The Kids Are All Right, which received four Academy Award nominations. He also owns a casino and a professional basketball team (Golden State Warriors) under the aegis of his company Mandalay Entertainment.
In Guber's new book, Tell to Win, he uses the power of his own story as well as those of his astonishing roster of friends and colleagues (President Bill Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Muhammad Yunus, and reality-tv producer Mark Burnett) to identify and bring to life a...
If I had to appropriate a trending hashtag for the remarkably colorful career of Peter Guber, I would pick #winning. He has run a record label and a movie studio. He gave the world Kiss and Rain Man. Recently, Guber produced The Kids Are All Right, which received four Academy Award nominations. He also owns a casino and a professional basketball team (Golden State Warriors) under the aegis of his company Mandalay Entertainment.
In Guber's new book, Tell to Win, he uses the power of his own story as well as those of his astonishing roster of friends and colleagues (President Bill Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Muhammad Yunus, and reality-tv producer Mark Burnett) to identify and bring to life a...
- 3/3/2011
- by David Lidsky
- Fast Company
How are we feeling about Facebook's privacy today? If you're founder Mark Zuckerberg, not so good since his account on the social networking behemoth was hacked Tuesday.
An anonymous hacker shared this message, which was liked by 1,800 users before being removed:
"Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way," the message read. "Why not transform Facebook into a 'social business' the way Nobel Price [sic] winner Muhammad Yunus described it? What do you think? #hackercup2011."
Yanus is a Bangladeshi economist and author of "Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs."
According to CNN, Zuckerberg's was not the only high-profile account hacked this week. French president Nicolas Sarkozy was the victim of a hacker who posted a message stated he would not seek re-election.
Facebook hasn't...
An anonymous hacker shared this message, which was liked by 1,800 users before being removed:
"Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way," the message read. "Why not transform Facebook into a 'social business' the way Nobel Price [sic] winner Muhammad Yunus described it? What do you think? #hackercup2011."
Yanus is a Bangladeshi economist and author of "Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs."
According to CNN, Zuckerberg's was not the only high-profile account hacked this week. French president Nicolas Sarkozy was the victim of a hacker who posted a message stated he would not seek re-election.
Facebook hasn't...
- 1/26/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Screen-grab via Tech Crunch.A hacker of the very highest degree has breached the inner sanctum of Facebook: creator Mark Zuckerberg’s personal page. Yesterday, a digital n’er-do-well broke into Zuckerberg’s account and posted the following message on his Wall: “Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn’t Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way? Why not transform Facebook into a ‘social business’ the way Nobel Price winner Muhammad Yunus described it? http://bit.ly/fs6rT3 What do you think? #hackercup2011.” Facebook has since deleted the message from Zuckerberg’s Wall. And soon, the cloyingly interrogative missive will fade from public memory. While we admit we are impressed by the technical prowess of the unidentified hacker, we must call into question his or her creativity, or lack thereof. This person was able to write on Mark Zuckerberg’s wall,...
- 1/26/2011
- Vanity Fair
The sister site of Overstock.com is growing fast--and so is its social impact.
Worldstock.com--the fair trade sister site of surplus retailer Overstock.com--tipped over the $10.5 million mark in revenue this year and actually managed to profit $350,000 this year. That's unexpected: The outfit is meant to break even. And that profit that is set to triple in 2011.
Worldstock was started by Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne--a former developmental theorist with a PhD in philosophy--who, after years of running Overstock, took a trip to Southeast Asia for some time off. It was there that he realized that local artisans in those countries had the same issues that his clients in the United States were struggling with--access to markets.
That was the birth of Worldstock back in September 2001 and now, amidst a host of other fair trade and pro-social shopping sites such as eBay's World of Good, BrandAid, and Surevolution, Byrne...
Worldstock.com--the fair trade sister site of surplus retailer Overstock.com--tipped over the $10.5 million mark in revenue this year and actually managed to profit $350,000 this year. That's unexpected: The outfit is meant to break even. And that profit that is set to triple in 2011.
Worldstock was started by Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne--a former developmental theorist with a PhD in philosophy--who, after years of running Overstock, took a trip to Southeast Asia for some time off. It was there that he realized that local artisans in those countries had the same issues that his clients in the United States were struggling with--access to markets.
That was the birth of Worldstock back in September 2001 and now, amidst a host of other fair trade and pro-social shopping sites such as eBay's World of Good, BrandAid, and Surevolution, Byrne...
- 12/23/2010
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
But is the new fund just another rescue package?
As the microfinance industry virtually crumbles in India--one of the world's largest microfinance centers--the Asian Development Bank has just announced a regional $250 million risk participation program and fund to shoulder some of the lending burdens found across Asia.
"Under this arrangement, commercial financing institutions which are developing microfinance operations will be able to achieve greater lending scale without overextending their risk exposure," said Philip Erquiaga, Director General of Adb's Private Sector Operations Department, in the official press release.
Adb's 67 member countries include those developed and developing, from Nepal to Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Afghanistan and microfinance institutions (MFIs) will be approached in several of them, though the specific countries of choice have not been announced yet.
Under the new scheme, Adb will assume 50% of the default risk on loans and partner with local MFIs that are already operating micro-lending. The...
As the microfinance industry virtually crumbles in India--one of the world's largest microfinance centers--the Asian Development Bank has just announced a regional $250 million risk participation program and fund to shoulder some of the lending burdens found across Asia.
"Under this arrangement, commercial financing institutions which are developing microfinance operations will be able to achieve greater lending scale without overextending their risk exposure," said Philip Erquiaga, Director General of Adb's Private Sector Operations Department, in the official press release.
Adb's 67 member countries include those developed and developing, from Nepal to Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Afghanistan and microfinance institutions (MFIs) will be approached in several of them, though the specific countries of choice have not been announced yet.
Under the new scheme, Adb will assume 50% of the default risk on loans and partner with local MFIs that are already operating micro-lending. The...
- 12/14/2010
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
The August Ipo of Indian microfinance giant Sks attracted $354 million from investors -- and bitter criticism from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who told the Associated Press that the offering was "pushing microfinance in a loan-sharking direction."So it's not surprising that Vikram Akula's engaging account of founding Sks is a vigorous defense of what he calls "my unexpected quest to end poverty through profitability." Turning a not-for-profit making small loans to village women into a commercial venture was, he says, the only way to raise enough capital to make a difference in India, where 75% of the population live on less than $2 a day and "poverty is a part of the landscape, as natural and unchanging as the vast Deccan plains and the flow of the Ganges River." -- Dbm
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- 11/5/2010
- by Fast Company Calendar
- Fast Company
Easily out of all the characters on The Simpsons, Lisa is the most well written, layered characters on the show. Unfortunately, she's the voice of reason on the show and just not that funny of a character.
For example, this week Lisa had the main storyline, yet as you'll see from our favorite Simpsons quotes from the episode, she didn't make the cut for any of the finer moments.
So why do we still love Lisa? Because the girl allows the show to still explore unique story lines in the show's twenty second season that no other character could allow. This week? Lisa explored the concepts of micro loans thanks to her early inheritance from grampa and some advice from Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
Overall we thought "Loan-a-Lisa" had was a well written story with some great jokes and a terrible cameo by Mark Zuckerberg conveniently the weekend The Social Network came out.
For example, this week Lisa had the main storyline, yet as you'll see from our favorite Simpsons quotes from the episode, she didn't make the cut for any of the finer moments.
So why do we still love Lisa? Because the girl allows the show to still explore unique story lines in the show's twenty second season that no other character could allow. This week? Lisa explored the concepts of micro loans thanks to her early inheritance from grampa and some advice from Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
Overall we thought "Loan-a-Lisa" had was a well written story with some great jokes and a terrible cameo by Mark Zuckerberg conveniently the weekend The Social Network came out.
- 10/4/2010
- by eric@mediavine.com (The Barnacle)
- TVfanatic
Peter Fonda will star in the independent film "Banker to the Poor." The film will be based on the true-life story of Muhammad Yunus, who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for creating the microcredit loan concept that helped people in third world countries too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.Indian actor Irrfan Khan ("Slumdog Millionaire") is in advanced talks to star as Yunus while Fonda will play an American businessman against Yunus' economic approach.According to Variety, Italian director Marco Amenta ("The Sicilian Girl") will direct from a script he wrote with Italian writers Sergio Donati and Massimo Gaudioso with assistance from Yunus. Shooting begins in Sri Lanka in October.
- 3/31/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Sundance's slogans proclaim a radical spirit, but gone are the eco-horror documentaries of the past, writes Nick Fraser
Sundance has become a reliable way of taking the pulse of liberal America. Last year, the festival coincided with the inauguration of America's first black president. People seemed poised between fear and euphoria. Now the ski lodges and posh cafes are filled with sober, uncertain voices. Blue state Americans don't know what to think about the numerous setbacks of the last months, such as the defeat of healthcare. They want to know how to survive a terrible, seemingly open-ended recession.
For its part, the festival has reacted to flagging corporate sponsorship by loudly affirming its desire to return to roots. "This Is The Renewed Rebellion," proclaim the slogans at the beginning of each screening. "The Recharged Fight Against The Establishment Of The Expected." But rebellion seems to be the wrong way of...
Sundance has become a reliable way of taking the pulse of liberal America. Last year, the festival coincided with the inauguration of America's first black president. People seemed poised between fear and euphoria. Now the ski lodges and posh cafes are filled with sober, uncertain voices. Blue state Americans don't know what to think about the numerous setbacks of the last months, such as the defeat of healthcare. They want to know how to survive a terrible, seemingly open-ended recession.
For its part, the festival has reacted to flagging corporate sponsorship by loudly affirming its desire to return to roots. "This Is The Renewed Rebellion," proclaim the slogans at the beginning of each screening. "The Recharged Fight Against The Establishment Of The Expected." But rebellion seems to be the wrong way of...
- 1/31/2010
- by Nick Fraser
- The Guardian - Film News
Firstly, I want to congratulate filmmaker, Gayle Ferraro, whom I met when she first began this journey of making To Catch a Dollar, which premiered Saturday night at Sundance with Muhammad Yunus present. She, and cameraman, Bill Megalos, and editor, Keiko Deguchi, worked their bottoms off on this doc. The rough cut we viewed last October in New York showed the patience, the spirit and the time it took to follow not only an almost un-followable hero, Muhammad Yunus (he sleeps in airplanes as he travels so much spreading the good word about microcredit and social business), but to both capture the dignity and the dedication of the women at the first Us branch of Grameen, in Queens, New York. It is not easy to both keep a respectful distance, and yet still manage to portray real and intimate...
- 1/25/2010
- by Vivian Norris de Montaigu
- Huffington Post
Finance conversations during the first weekend of the Sundance Film Festival tend to center around distribution deals and the price of heeled boots, so discussions about economic motivators to end domestic poverty are particularly refreshing. The premiere of the documentary To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America about the first women recipients of Grameen America bank's microloans was notable not just for its stories about low-income Queens residents but for the larger themes it's bringing to Park City conversations this week. Before the screening introduced by producer/director/cinematographer Gayle Ferraro (whose first film Sixteen Decisions followed the story of a borrower in Bangladesh, where the bank first began operating in 1976), founder Dr. Muhammad Yunus spoke about inspiring business ingenuity in potential entrepreneurs. Along with two other Sundance film selection subjects, Harlem Children's Zone founder Geoffrey Canada (of Waiting...
- 1/25/2010
- by Emily Goligoski
- Huffington Post
This year’s iteration of The Davos Debates is up and running, offering one YouTube user the opportunity to attend this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to put forward the cause they are most passionate about at a specially convened panel.
The candidate will get the opportunity to engage and debate with the world’s leaders and take the opportunity that Davos offers to elevate the cause that is closest to their heart. See below for more details:
What sort of person are they looking for?
The winner of the Davos Debates will be someone with knowledge and passion for a public cause, who can demonstrate they’re able to interact with the world’s leaders. They want to hear real stories from people working on local issues, with a view to offering the opportunity to make these concerns global. Maybe it’s fighting for human rights,...
The candidate will get the opportunity to engage and debate with the world’s leaders and take the opportunity that Davos offers to elevate the cause that is closest to their heart. See below for more details:
What sort of person are they looking for?
The winner of the Davos Debates will be someone with knowledge and passion for a public cause, who can demonstrate they’re able to interact with the world’s leaders. They want to hear real stories from people working on local issues, with a view to offering the opportunity to make these concerns global. Maybe it’s fighting for human rights,...
- 12/18/2009
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
On Wednesday the Sundance Film Festival unveiled the films competing in late January 2010. Yesterday they announced the rest of the line-up of independent films vying for attention for industry types and the curious public.
The entire list of 53 films is below, but here are a few that stood out to me from the premieres alone:
Mumblecore directors the Duplass Brothers, have a new, untitled movie starring an unusually high-profile cast compared to their usual improvisational crew. John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener. Reilly and Keener are actually in two films at the 2010 festival.
The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt about corporate downsizing.
Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds as a man buried alive in a coffin. I’ve read the script and its great. More on that as soon as I can.
The Runaways, the...
The entire list of 53 films is below, but here are a few that stood out to me from the premieres alone:
Mumblecore directors the Duplass Brothers, have a new, untitled movie starring an unusually high-profile cast compared to their usual improvisational crew. John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener. Reilly and Keener are actually in two films at the 2010 festival.
The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt about corporate downsizing.
Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds as a man buried alive in a coffin. I’ve read the script and its great. More on that as soon as I can.
The Runaways, the...
- 12/5/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
We are 49 days out and counting down to Sundance 2010. Yesterday, we unveiled the list of competition films for the upcoming festival. Today, we have your list of out-of-competition films which include Premieres, Spotlight, New Frontier, and, my personal favorite, Park City at Midnight, which has featured past entries like Black Dynamite, The Descent, and Saw.
Check out next year’s lineup for the out-of-competition films:
Premieres
To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly.
Abel / Mexico, USA (Director: Diego Luna; Screenwriters: Diego Luna and Agusto Mendoza)–A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father’s absence. Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, Carlos Aragon, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza. World Premiere
Cane Toads:...
Check out next year’s lineup for the out-of-competition films:
Premieres
To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly.
Abel / Mexico, USA (Director: Diego Luna; Screenwriters: Diego Luna and Agusto Mendoza)–A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father’s absence. Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, Carlos Aragon, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza. World Premiere
Cane Toads:...
- 12/4/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In addition to the competition titles which were announced yesterday, Sundance has announced the remainder of their line-up and it includes some titles we’re already familiar with along with a huge number of premieres.
Also on the docket are two new series: Next which showcases low/no budget films and Spotlight which highlights films which festival programmers deem worthy of extra love including Enter the Void (review) and Lourdes (the trailer for which I really liked).
I’m particularly excited to see some of the titles in the New Frontier program but overall, the line-up is an impressive one but the Kristen Stewart fan in me is excited to see her turn as Joan Jett in The Runaways and I think it’s fair to say we’re all dying to see Vincenzo Natali’s hotly anticipated Splice (trailer).
In the Midnight section, Adam Green's Frozen is sounding mighty find,...
Also on the docket are two new series: Next which showcases low/no budget films and Spotlight which highlights films which festival programmers deem worthy of extra love including Enter the Void (review) and Lourdes (the trailer for which I really liked).
I’m particularly excited to see some of the titles in the New Frontier program but overall, the line-up is an impressive one but the Kristen Stewart fan in me is excited to see her turn as Joan Jett in The Runaways and I think it’s fair to say we’re all dying to see Vincenzo Natali’s hotly anticipated Splice (trailer).
In the Midnight section, Adam Green's Frozen is sounding mighty find,...
- 12/3/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: Premieres To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly.
- 12/3/2009
- LRMonline.com
The Sundance Film Festival's competition lineup for 2010, announced Wednesday, might demand that audiences wear their serious caps. But the out-of-competition selections allow programmers and viewers to cut loose a little.
The 53 films that populate this year's Premieres, Next, Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier sections run the gamut from the cosmically experimental to the star-studded and silly. There is indeed something for everyone at this year's event, which runs Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
As usual, Premieres collects work involving the industry's higher-profile talent, none more so than John Wells' feature directorial debut, "The Company Men," which stars Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper. Mexican actor Diego Luna's directorial debut, "Abel," will screen, as will Philip Seymour Hoffman's "Jack Goes Boating."
Michael Winterbottom has the rare distinction of having two films in...
The 53 films that populate this year's Premieres, Next, Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier sections run the gamut from the cosmically experimental to the star-studded and silly. There is indeed something for everyone at this year's event, which runs Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
As usual, Premieres collects work involving the industry's higher-profile talent, none more so than John Wells' feature directorial debut, "The Company Men," which stars Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper. Mexican actor Diego Luna's directorial debut, "Abel," will screen, as will Philip Seymour Hoffman's "Jack Goes Boating."
Michael Winterbottom has the rare distinction of having two films in...
- 12/3/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I have admired Maria Eitel since I met and interviewed her at last year's CGI. Talking with her again this year reminded me why. Imagine that just a few years ago, she was asked to create a purpose and a plan for the Nike Foundation. What she presented to the Nike Board of Directors was The Girl Effect-- the idea that when you invest in girls, you change the world. Eitel explains: "A girl is the mother of every child who is born into poverty, and a girl will determine the future of the next generation. The Girl Effect: you don't just transform her life, but the family's, the community's, the nation's."
As you saw in my Genzyme and Goldman Sachs posts from CGI, and previous posts on firms like Clifford Chance, these are the innovators that identify needs and opportunities. They also consider the resources they can offer to make a meaningful contribution,...
As you saw in my Genzyme and Goldman Sachs posts from CGI, and previous posts on firms like Clifford Chance, these are the innovators that identify needs and opportunities. They also consider the resources they can offer to make a meaningful contribution,...
- 9/25/2009
- by Alice Korngold
- Fast Company
Oh boy, the crazy right-wing is going to love this. According to THR, independent production companies Aloe Entertainment, Img and Schroeder-Ptacek are working on a biopic about Stanley Ann Dunham, Barack Obama's mother who raised him as a single parent. Apparently she was a lot more than just a hard-working single mom who, depending on who you asked, raised an inspiring political figure or a devious socialist. She was one of the first people to work in Third World microfinance, the notion of providing small loans to businesspeople in countries like India-- Muhammad Yunus, founder of the microfinance organization Grameen Bank, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Mary Aloe, who will executive produce the film, told THR "She gave a lot of the backbone to our current president and his compassion to the people. With these small-scale economies, she took a concept that was emerging just as women were...
- 9/8/2009
- cinemablend.com
The Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation, the London-based not-for-profit group that creates new sources of funding and distribution for social issue documentaries, is partnering with the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program to take its Good Pitch to Ifp's Independent Film Week in New York.
The daylong program, to be held on Sept. 24, will allow selected filmmakers to present their docs to potential funders.
The September edition of the Good Pitch builds on Ifp's collaborative program with the U's Department of Public Information entitled "Envision -- Addressing Global Issues through Documentaries." Each of the selected film projects connects with one or more of the Un's eight Millennium Development Goals, including poverty reduction, maternal health, gender equality and AIDS.
The selected projects are: "25 to Life," directed by Michael l. Brown; "Easy Like Water," Glenn Baker; "Garbage Dreams," Mai Iskander; "Rose & Nangabire," Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel; "To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America,...
The daylong program, to be held on Sept. 24, will allow selected filmmakers to present their docs to potential funders.
The September edition of the Good Pitch builds on Ifp's collaborative program with the U's Department of Public Information entitled "Envision -- Addressing Global Issues through Documentaries." Each of the selected film projects connects with one or more of the Un's eight Millennium Development Goals, including poverty reduction, maternal health, gender equality and AIDS.
The selected projects are: "25 to Life," directed by Michael l. Brown; "Easy Like Water," Glenn Baker; "Garbage Dreams," Mai Iskander; "Rose & Nangabire," Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel; "To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America,...
- 8/24/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IFP, the New York-based indie film organization, has invited 116 projects to take part in its Project Forum during its 31st annual Independent Film Work, which runs Sept. 19-24 in New York. Among the projects are such titles as "Cockeyed," written by Ryan Knighton and directed by Jodie Foster, and "The Secret River," written by Jan Sardi and directed by Fred Schepisi.
Additionally, IFP announced the expansion of its strategic relationship with the Sundance Institute and new partnerships with B-Side, a tech company that runs Web sites that handle ticketing and audience response data for more than 250 fests in North America, and the Good Pitch, a forum produced by Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation that brings together socially minded film projects and experts from charities, foundations, brands, government and media.
At the Ifp Market, producers, funders, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents and festival programmers are broguht together to preview projects in development that are...
Additionally, IFP announced the expansion of its strategic relationship with the Sundance Institute and new partnerships with B-Side, a tech company that runs Web sites that handle ticketing and audience response data for more than 250 fests in North America, and the Good Pitch, a forum produced by Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation that brings together socially minded film projects and experts from charities, foundations, brands, government and media.
At the Ifp Market, producers, funders, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents and festival programmers are broguht together to preview projects in development that are...
- 8/10/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- The Sundance Institute have picked projects from the likes of Carol Dysinger, Gayle Ferraro, Robin Hessman, Tomáš Kudrna, Mona Nicoară and Laura Poitras (along with their editors) as 2009's Documentary Edit and Story Lab Fellows - a one week "intensive artist-to-artist collaborative experience". This next batch of documentary films that are most likely going to be featured at the 2010 edition of the festival - I've already pegged a couple of the titles below as future item to cover. This year's mentors include: editors: Kate Amend (Academy Award–winner Into the Arms of Strangers and The Long Way Home), Joe Bini (Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man) Richard Hankin (Home Front, Capturing the Friedmans) and Mary Lampson (Harlan County, A Lion in the House), Directors: Greg Barker (Sergio, Ghosts of Rwanda) and Jennifer Fox (Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, Beirut: The Last Home Movie). The films selected for
- 6/9/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
HBO owns Friday night for insightful political chatter that veers into topical entertaining satire, thanks to the efforts of Bill Maher and his producers who deliver a wide swath of personalities possessing expertise in journalism, the arts, politics and other endeavors. Maher's show does not please everybody, as it skews to the left often times thanks to a preponderance of guests who lean that way. Bill's personal views on diet, animal rights, avoiding marriage and children at all costs and the decriminalization of marijuana also color a great deal of the discussion. But if you appreciate robust exchange about issues that are current, it's a great watch. Maher's "new Rules" segment is a highlight as well. This Friday, May 22...
- 5/22/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
An Uplifting Story for a World in Financial Crisis! The multi-talented Phyllida Lloyd, director of Mamma Mia!, the highest grossing film ever made by a woman (and a team of women at that) has attached herself to the development of a feature fiction film based on the spread of microcredit around the world. She is also a highly regarded theatre director and her current production of Schiller's Mary Stuart on Broadway has been nominated for multiple Tony awards. Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneering work of loaning tiny amounts of money to the poorest women in Bangladesh and now the Un reports the system has spread to over 100 countries, lifting over 100 million out of poverty. "Yunus has thrown down the gauntlet to all of us," Lloyd said." How to live our...
- 5/17/2009
- by Vivian Norris de Montaigu
- Huffington Post
More Cannes coverage
Cannes -- Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is proving to be rich inspiration for filmmakers, with plans for a second film about the economist -- this one based on his autobiography "Banker to the Poor" -- being finalized by Italian production banner Eurofilm.
Director Marco Amenta will shoot the adaptation of Yunus' book after Eurofilm secured the film rights from French publisher Lattes. The option lasts until 2012.
Eurofilm producer Simonetta Amenta is setting up the project, with a tapestry of Euro backers having developed the script with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture, EC Media Plus, Atelier du Cinema European and the Tribeca Film Institute.
Amenta plans to shoot the tale beginning later this year in India, Bangladesh and the U.S. using a mix of professional actors and nonprofessional newcomers, with an eye on a 2010 release.
The movie will mark the second film from director Amenta,...
Cannes -- Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is proving to be rich inspiration for filmmakers, with plans for a second film about the economist -- this one based on his autobiography "Banker to the Poor" -- being finalized by Italian production banner Eurofilm.
Director Marco Amenta will shoot the adaptation of Yunus' book after Eurofilm secured the film rights from French publisher Lattes. The option lasts until 2012.
Eurofilm producer Simonetta Amenta is setting up the project, with a tapestry of Euro backers having developed the script with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture, EC Media Plus, Atelier du Cinema European and the Tribeca Film Institute.
Amenta plans to shoot the tale beginning later this year in India, Bangladesh and the U.S. using a mix of professional actors and nonprofessional newcomers, with an eye on a 2010 release.
The movie will mark the second film from director Amenta,...
- 5/16/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marco Amenta is ready to develop "Banker to the Poor," the big-screen adaptation of Nobel prize-winner Muhammad Yunus' novel.
Vareity says the film is expected to shoot in Bangladesh in early 2010. Yunus is known best for developing the concept of microcredit loans given to poor entrepreneurs.
Yunus, who founded the Grameen Bank, will serve as a consultant and go over the final script, which Amenta is writing with Sergio Donati.
"Banker" will be an international co-production produced on a budget of a little more than $6 million. The trade says the film "will topline two Indian leads with international cachet as well as a Western star and local talent."
The recent success of "Slumdog Millionaire" has apparently become an inspiration for Amenta, who claims the film will promote a similar inspirational story.
Amenta's credits also include "The Sicilian Girl" and "One Girl Against the Mafia."...
Vareity says the film is expected to shoot in Bangladesh in early 2010. Yunus is known best for developing the concept of microcredit loans given to poor entrepreneurs.
Yunus, who founded the Grameen Bank, will serve as a consultant and go over the final script, which Amenta is writing with Sergio Donati.
"Banker" will be an international co-production produced on a budget of a little more than $6 million. The trade says the film "will topline two Indian leads with international cachet as well as a Western star and local talent."
The recent success of "Slumdog Millionaire" has apparently become an inspiration for Amenta, who claims the film will promote a similar inspirational story.
Amenta's credits also include "The Sicilian Girl" and "One Girl Against the Mafia."...
- 2/26/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
TAORMINA, Italy -- Lina Wertmueller, who in 1975 became the first woman nominated for a best director Oscar, on Friday announced that her latest film, inspired by Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, will be called "Mannaggia la miseria!"
The film, whose title is a difficult-to-translate vulgar phrase, is set in Naples. It will be the 81-year-old Wertmueller's first directorial effort since 2004's "Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia" (Too Much Romance ... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers).
The film, whose title is a difficult-to-translate vulgar phrase, is set in Naples. It will be the 81-year-old Wertmueller's first directorial effort since 2004's "Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia" (Too Much Romance ... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers).
- 6/20/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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