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indiewire.com - 3/12/2008

SXSW '08 DISPATCH | "Sister Dorothy" and "Wellness" Big Winners at SXSW

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by Eugene Hernandez (March 11, 2008) Daniel Junge 's documentary " They Killed Sister Dorothy ," about the murder of a devoted nun who fought to protect the Amazon and tirelessly supported the region's poor, won the top two doc prizes at the SXSW Film Festival , which continues through this weekend in Austin, TX. The film won the documentary grand jury prize and the festival's doc audience ...

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SXSW 2008: Daniel Junge's THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY Wins Jury and Audience Awards
All these wonderful things — ... SISTER DOROTHY , Daniel Junge's investigation into the murder of an American Catholic nun in the Amazon, took both top documentary prizes at this year's SXSW Film Festival, winning the Grand Jury Prize as well as the Audience Award. Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss' FULL BATTLE RATTLE received a Special Jury Prize, which Jeremiah Zagar's IN A DREAM took the Audience Award in the Emerging Visions Section of the festival. Daniel Junge at the VH1 Rock Docs Party on Sunday afternoon. Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE has a full report. Previously, indieWIRE ...

FEMALES LEAD AT SXSW
Filmmaker Magazine — Of the fifteen features I saw at this year's SXSW Film Festival, only one was announced as an award-winner on Tuesday night ( Jeremiah Zagar 's In A Dream ) . But despite their not winning official accolades, several of the other films I saw were nonetheless intriguing - in some cases wonderful. Something that's stayed with me since leaving Austin is how utterly grounded many of the narrative films were in the performances of their female leads. Whether dealing in realism or more avant-garde experimentation, these films are not merely showcasing strong work by young female ...