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20 June 2010
Kids Living with Slim at ZIFF
The Zanzibar International Film Festival has selected KIDS LIVING WITH SLIM as part of its 2010 festival. It has also been nominated for the Sembene Ousmane Award at the festival. Described as the largest cultural event in East Africa, the festival takes place from July 10 - 18 on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania.
June 2010
Stay tuned for more information about Kids Living with Slim. If you'd like a DVD, email me at samfilmtv@yahoo.com.
20 June 2010
Massacre at Murambi, which aired on the PBS series P.O.V., has reached over 700,000 viewers on YouTube.
Three years ago, The Media That Matters Film Festival posted Massacre at Murambi on their YouTube site. Over seven hundred vewiers have joined the discussion about the film.
1 April 2010
A Spanish translation of my book Avid Editing was just published by Anaya Multimedia.
25 December 2009
Chinese and Russian translations of my book Avid Editing were recently published (in China and Russia).
21 April 2009
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced today that Sam Kauffmann has been selected as a Guggenheim Fellow in the Creative Arts category for his work in film. Fellowships are awarded to artists, scientist and scholars. This year the 180 successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants.
Read recent reviews and articles about Massacre at Murambi
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Living with Slim in use by international organizations
Living with Slim is now used by organizations all over the world in their battle to combat the AIDS pandemic. Here's an updated list of organizations that use Slim in their work:
Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative
American Foundation for Children with AIDS
Children's Investment Fund Foundation London
Catholic Relief Services
Physicians for Human Rights
Project Hope
The CORE Group
World Vision
Keep a Child Alive
Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Sahara Africa
Institute for Health Care Improvement
Ugandan Ministry of Health
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
Population Services International
Plan USA
Health Research Institute
Oxford University Global Health Group
UNICEF Poland
Global Alliance to Immunize against AIDS
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Bishop Masereka Christian Foundation
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Baylor Medical School
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
UNC - Chapel Hill
University of Manitoba School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Boston University - Krasker Library
University of Washington
Wheaton College
Winthrop University
Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Massacre at Murambi aired nationally on the PBS documentary series P.O.V.