FilmAid International

FilmAid International "was founded by members of the entertainment community including Caroline Baron, Julia Ormond, Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal in 1999 in response to the Kosovar refugee crisis. FilmAid, an independent non-profit organization headquartered in New York City, uses film and video to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted. Working closely with international aid agencies, FilmAid is currently operating programs for refugees in East Africa, where screenings draw crowds of over 30,000." 

"FilmAid has programs in Kakuma Camp in Kenya and Nduta, Kanembwa and Mtendeli camps in Tanzania and reached a cumulative audience of over one million in 2005." 

FilmAid Partners
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 * Barefoot Workshops
 * Listen Up!
 * SAIL
 * Students At The Center
 * United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
 * CARE
 * CARE Kenya
 * Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
 * Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service (TCRS)
 * International Rescue Committee
 * Church World Service
 * Global Dialogues
 * GTZ: German Cooperation
 * Jesuit Refugee Service
 * Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
 * National Council of Churches of Kenya
 * UNAIDS
 * United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
 * Wildlife Awareness Foundation in East Africa
 * Windle Charitable Trust
 * Witness
 * World Food Program

Sponsors
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 * Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 * Madeline Anbinder and Steve Anbinder
 * AT&T Foundation
 * Bloomberg News
 * Lois and Irving Blum Foundation
 * Chasanoff Foundation
 * Church World Service
 * Cinereach
 * Cobble Creek Foundation
 * Community Counseling Service
 * Denver Film Society
 * Frances Lear Foundation
 * HBO
 * William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
 * Hollywood Foreign Press Association
 * Independent Film Channel (IFC)
 * International Creative Management (ICM)
 * Latham and Watkins
 * MAC Global Foundation
 * MGM
 * Microsoft Foundation
 * Miramax
 * Paul Newman
 * Peter and Lorinda Ezersky Family Foundation
 * Pointer Foundation
 * Rock-It-Cargo
 * Nancy and Miles Rubin
 * Tribeca Films
 * Waitt Family Foundation
 * Vanity Fair
 * Variety
 * Vogue
 * Vertu Americas Inc.
 * Universal
 * William Sloane Jelin Charitable Foundation
 * Wrather Family Foundation

Directors
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 * Caroline Baron - Chair, Founder
 * Madeline Anbinder
 * Charlyn Belluzzo
 * Bill Carmichael
 * Chris deFaria
 * Brendan Fraser
 * Alan Gershenfeld
 * Bob Kissane
 * Andrew Morton
 * Julia Ormond - Founding Chair
 * Alejandro Ramirez Magaña
 * Bruce Rabb
 * Pamela Reis
 * Josh Ruxin

Advisory Committee
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 * Lisa Anderson
 * Judy Arthur
 * Alvin Baron
 * David Bernstein
 * Laura Bickford
 * Mahen Bonetti
 * Bob Brigham
 * James Brooke
 * Robert De Niro
 * Robert DeVecchi
 * Christopher Dickey
 * Jodie Eastman
 * Peter Ezersky
 * Wendy Finster
 * Deborra-lee Furness
 * Christina Galante
 * Emily Gardiner
 * Whoopi Goldberg
 * Robyn Groves
 * Goldie Hawn
 * Phyllis Kaufman
 * Erol Kekic
 * Rory Kennedy
 * David Kessler
 * Mathilde Krim
 * Kate Lear
 * Michael Mailer
 * Susan Meiselas
 * Amy Mitchell
 * Mira Nair
 * Deborah Newmyer
 * Sarah O'Hagan
 * Susan Patricof
 * Richard Plepler
 * Nancy Proesel
 * Michael Quinn
 * Jane Rosenthal
 * Susan Sarandon
 * Jeffrey Silver
 * Carrie Simon
 * Anant Singh
 * Amy Slaughter
 * Steve & Sally Smith
 * Mary Soan
 * Steven Soderbergh
 * Amina Tirana
 * Liv Ullmann
 * Michael Watson
 * Harvey Weinstein
 * Anthony Weintraub

Contact

 * Web: http://filmaid.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Todd Lester
 * Michelle Chaplin