Seven / by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, Susan Yankowitz ; an L.A. Theatre Works production.
Title from disc label. "An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance"--Container. "Created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership"--Container. Includes panel discussions with Russian activist Marina Pisklakova-Parker, and playwrights Paula Cizmar and Susan Yankowitz, moderated by ReneĢ Jones, executive director of the United Talent Agency Foundation, and Alyse Nelson, the president, CEO, and co-founder of Vital Voices Global Partnership. Shannon Holt, Jossara Jinaro, Alex Kingston, Emily Kuroda, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Annet Mahendru, Sarah Shahi. Recorded live January 2017 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater.
Summary:
A documentary theater collaboration by seven award-winning female playwrights based on personal interviews with seven women in the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network who have triumphed over enormous obstacles to bring about major changes in their home countries of Russia (Marina Pisklakova-Parker), Argentina (Laura Alonso), Northern Ireland (Inez McCormack), Cambodia (Mu Sochua), Nigeria (Hafsat Abiola), Afghanistan (Farida Azizi), and Pakistan (Mukhtar Mai).
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