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American Women Symposium

Photo of Lisa AdesLisa Ades

Friday, June 20, 2003
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Panel Five: Women and Labor

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

"Tribute to Women's History" Film Series

Lisa Ades is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in New York City. Her film credits with Ric Burns include the critically acclaimed five-part PBS series New York, as well as The Way West, The Donner Party, and Coney Island. Her most recent work through her production company Orchard Films includes Miss America, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was produced for American Experience/WGBH Boston, and Beauty in a Jar, a history of the American beauty industry produced for A&E Television Networks. For information on purchasing Miss America for library or classroom use, see http://www.shop.pbs.org.

Web sites:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/series/filmmakers/interviews.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/filmmore/filmcredits.html

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