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Article

15 Sep 2010

Author:
Alex Ben Block, Daily News [Canada]

How Facebook got involved in human rights film

A week into Michealene Cristini Risley's trip to...Zimbabwe in August 2007 to make a documentary exposing sexual abuse by men who believed raping virgin girls would cure their HIV/AIDS, [she] was arrested...and thrown into prison...[She was released unharmed after] an American journalist...read about Risley's predicament on her Facebook page...On Sept. 28, Risley will...go on Facebook's LIVE streaming video channel ...[and] launch...the documentary, Tapestries of Hope, that came out of her trip. Her Facebook appearance...[employs] social media...to raise awareness of the issue and encourage Congress to pass the International Violence Against Women Act...Nicky Jackson Colaco, public policy manager for Facebook. "We think of Facebook as a place where you can also connect to the causes you care about. This is a reflection of what is going on in the real world every day, women fighting for human rights." [Also refers to Pink Papaya, Brainstorm Media, DirecTV, Screenvision]