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Filmmakers:
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Holly Mosher - director
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Holly Mosher grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In high school she developed a passion for both photography and philosophy that led her to pursue filmmaking. In her college entrance paper, she cited British author George Orwell’s idea that all art should be political, and today, uses that concept to guide her work.
Holly graduated with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. After graduating, she spent two years in Brazil working as an assistant picture and sound editor on four feature films, including the Oscar nominated films O Quatrilho, Tieta, and Pequeno Dicionario Amoroso. Once back in the United States, Holly contributed to the PBS productions, Reading Rainbow and Puzzle Place. Following her work for PBS, Holly went on to produce numerous commercials and feature films including Lady in the Box and Reeseville.
Finally, with notable experience under her belt, Holly decided to return to her true passion to unite political purpose with art. In 2004, she had her directorial debut with Hummingbird, an inspiring documentary about two non-profits in Brazil that work with street children and women who suffer domestic violence. The film shows that one person truly can make a difference in the lives of others. Hummingbird won numerous awards, including Best Human Rights Documentary in Rome and Best Short for Children’s Advocacy at the Artivist Film Festival. The film also appeared on PBS and has found a home on library shelves across the country.
Most recently, Holly produced two films about the dangerous and misleading tactics of the pharmaceutical industry. The films, Side Effects and Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety, received unprecedented international press attention and have been heralded for raising awareness about a timely and important topic.
After struggles with other distribution companies and to ensure that socially conscious films are brought to the public, Holly teamed up to launch Hummingbird Pictures, an independent film distribution company. Their motto is, “Making a difference, one drop at a time,” a theme taken from Holly’s first film Hummingbird. Hummingbird Pictures did a mini-theatrical release of Side Effects taking the film to the top cities in the US and released Side Effects and Money Talks on DVD in spring of 2006. They are currently growing their efforts and have a full time staff devoted to innovative distribution.
Currently, Holly is involved with several documentaries. She is co-producing Maybe Baby, which presents the challenges facing older single women trying to get pregnant with modern medical technology and is the executive producer for Why Ohio Counts, a film that explores “Coingate” and covers the array of scandals unfolding in the state of Ohio up to the 2006 election. Holly also recently announced her second directorial project, Small Change: World of Difference, where she plans to follow the work of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank.
Holly has spoken to groups across the country about the important issues addressed in her films. She has also been interviewed by numerous magazines, newspapers and radio programs, including NPR, Rough Cut LA, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and by The Hollywood Reporter, which in 2001 named her among the top up and coming independent film producer.
www.hollymosher.com, www.hummingbirdthemovie.com, www.sideeffectsthemovie.com, www.moneytalksthemovie.com
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Director Holly Mosher
reports from Bangladesh
as the filming progress.
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