Lorie Conway is an American independent producer and filmmaker. Her
work has received Peabody, DuPont and CableACE awards. In 1993â€"94,
she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University; she served for eight
years as Vice President of the Nieman Foundation Advisory Board and
has served for ten years as an Associate of the Boston Public Library.
Lorie Conway's work on Forgotten Ellis Island, the first film and book
about the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, was supported by three
grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For over two
years, her production company, Boston Film and Video, filmed the
former hospital complex on Ellis Island. Recent film projects includes
Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law, about one of the bravest lawyers
in Africaâ€"who has been defending victims of Robert Mugabe's brutal
regime in Zimbabwe. Tiny Ripples of Hope, a sequel to that film, is
currently in development about a school named after Mtetwa which is
teaching students about their human rights in Uganda.Filmography:*In
development, "Hope is a Powerful Weapon," a feature-length documentary
based on the prison letters of Nelson Mandela*In development, ELLIS, a
dramatic series about the politics of immigration as 12 million
Europeans streamed onto Ellis Island at the turn of the 20th century;
the series will be partially based on Forgotten Ellis Island, which
told the lost story of the massive immigrant hospital on
Ellis*Everyonestory-Stories Worth Sharing, web based video series
featuring profiles of individuals who live among us but whom we rarely
encounter beyond an anonymous presence
work has received Peabody, DuPont and CableACE awards. In 1993â€"94,
she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University; she served for eight
years as Vice President of the Nieman Foundation Advisory Board and
has served for ten years as an Associate of the Boston Public Library.
Lorie Conway's work on Forgotten Ellis Island, the first film and book
about the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, was supported by three
grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For over two
years, her production company, Boston Film and Video, filmed the
former hospital complex on Ellis Island. Recent film projects includes
Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law, about one of the bravest lawyers
in Africaâ€"who has been defending victims of Robert Mugabe's brutal
regime in Zimbabwe. Tiny Ripples of Hope, a sequel to that film, is
currently in development about a school named after Mtetwa which is
teaching students about their human rights in Uganda.Filmography:*In
development, "Hope is a Powerful Weapon," a feature-length documentary
based on the prison letters of Nelson Mandela*In development, ELLIS, a
dramatic series about the politics of immigration as 12 million
Europeans streamed onto Ellis Island at the turn of the 20th century;
the series will be partially based on Forgotten Ellis Island, which
told the lost story of the massive immigrant hospital on
Ellis*Everyonestory-Stories Worth Sharing, web based video series
featuring profiles of individuals who live among us but whom we rarely
encounter beyond an anonymous presence
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