Erica & I are creating a new business plan for Development -the-movie, taking into account all we've learned over the last year. It's involved a lot of research, to be sure we're up-to-date. Often we have to try to reconcile conflicting information, and wish we had more access to people in other parts of the world whose knowledge and experience would make us better informed. So it was very useful to see this interview with Terry Lawler, executive director of New York Women in Film & Television, which has a special resonance for us, working away under our charitable umbrella (thank you, Victoria Foundation ). We feel that we can trust Terry's conclusions. Especially when we know, for instance, that Arwen Curry has 'a long way to go' with funding for her film about Ursula Le Guin , which will have a huge audience. And when we see that Afia Nathaniel's Neither the Veil Nor the Four Walls , a thriller set in Pakistan, an exciting non-profit project...
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