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• Friday, 21 October 2011 {Stanford Daily} Stanford Takes Over United Nations Association Film Festival Posted by Andrew Byrnes

  Stanford takes over United Nations Association Film Festival

  Friday, October 21st, 2011 | By Misa Shikuma

  Today marks Day 1 of the 14th United Nations Association Film Festival, originally founded by Stanford educator Jasmina Bojic to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Every year UNAFF showcases the most powerful and timely documentaries from all over the globe, with this year’s theme being “Education Is A Human Right.” Screenings, panel discussions and receptions with filmmakers will take place in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford campus through Sunday, Oct. 30. Not sure what to check out? Here we’ve highlighted several projects with strong ties to the Stanford community.

  Inspired by their 2007 memoir of the same name, “The Power of Two,” directed by Marc Smolowitz, explores the uphill battle of half-Japanese twin sisters Anabel Stenzel ’94 and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes ‘94 against the fatal genetic disease cystic fibrosis. . . . .

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• Wednesday, 19 October 2011 {CinemaCafe.net Blog} TIFF World Cinema Overview Posted by Andrew Byrnes

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  by Yoshihiko Yatabe
  October 19, 2011

  ワールドシネマ部門から5本

  作品紹介ができる余裕もいよいよ無くなってきた！　そんな中で、もう少し、ワールドシネマを。 

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• Wednesday, 05 October 2011 {BBC Outlook} Podcast Featuring Ana & Isa Posted by Andrew Byrnes

  “The beauty…the chaos”. A life spent chasing tornadoes
  Wed, 5 Oct 11
  Duration: 24 mins

  The US storm chaser on what it’s like to be inside a tornado. The murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya remembered by her sister....

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• Friday, 23 September 2011 {Jerry Cahill’s Cystic Fibrosis Podcast} Marc Smolowitz Interview Posted by Andrew Byrnes
  Fri, 23 September 2011
  Episode #0108 Marc Smolowitz Interview “The Power of Two” – A Story of Twin Sisters, Two Cultures and...

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• Sunday, 11 September 2011 {Peninsula Press/SF Gate} New documentary starring Redwood City cystic fibrosis twins qualifies for Oscar Posted by Andrew Byrnes

  New documentary starring Redwood City cystic fibrosis twins qualifies for Oscar
  By Kathryn Roethel, Peninsula Press

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• Saturday, 10 September 2011 {The Independent} New documentary chronicles miracle of lung transplants for cystic fibrosis patients Posted by Andrew Byrnes

  New documentary chronicles miracle of lung transplants for cystic fibrosis patients
  Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:00 am
  By Patricia Koning

  This Saturday, a new documentary “The Power of Two,” will have its Bay Area premiere at...

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