Congratulations to 2012 IMPACT Film Festival participant THE INVISIBLE WAR for an Academy Award nomination in the Best Documentary Feature category!
From Oscar®- and Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated; Twist of Faith) comes The Invisible War, a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem-today, a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. The Department of Defense estimates there were a staggering 19,000 violent sex crimes in the military in 2010. The Invisible War exposes the epidemic, breaking open one of the most under-reported stories of our generation, to the nation and the world.
Indie Wire- "Military Rape Doc 'Invisible War' Continues to Push Change on Capitol Hill"
Hollywood on the Potomac- "The Invisible War!"
IAFF congratulates Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
for being appointed by Secretary Hilary Clinton as a global
Cultural Ambassador on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. "I am excited and
honored to serve my country as a Cultural Ambassador for the U.S.
Department of State," said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who has focused his
efforts after his NBA career on engaging youth through socially-minded
projects and education.
Congratulations to Demián Bichir
for his Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for lead actor in A
Better Life. IAFF screened A Better Life in May 2012. Bichir admits
that aside from being recognized by his acting peers, "the honor is
doubled because of the amazing actors I am nominated with. So this is a
happy moment for me."
