International Womens Day 2001

The UNA of San Francisco co-sponsored a film festival through the United Nations Association Film Festival Extension Program (UNAFF EP) in San Francisco on March 7, 2001 at the August Coppola Theatre at San Francisco State University. Four documentaries from Peru, USA and Brazil showcased the struggle for justice and dignity for all women around the world. The documentaries illuminate ideas, fears and thoughts, from the indigenous women in Peru to a lesbian couple in the Bay Area and from Asian Americans and Europeans who live in California, to women politicians in Brazil. 

Ahinam Chay, Asi es Esta - Chile/Peru Director: Rodrigo Ivan Sepulveda Producer: Isabel Hernandez 

I was Born a Black Woman - USA Directors: Maria Luisa Mendonca & Vicente Franco Producer: Kit Miller

Cancer in Two Voices - USA Producer/Director: Lucy Massie Phenix

Imagining Place - USA Director/Producer: Anita Chang

Photos

Nancy Peterson and Jim McKenna at the International Womens Day Film Festival		Effie Robinson and Barbara Christensen distribute educational materials about the United Nations at the film festival.
Board member Jim McKenna buys a ticket for the film festival. San Francisco State University		Jasmina Bojic and Nancy Peterson. Jasmina received a national award from the United Nations Association.