PtGC: Liz Manne, Executive Director of Film Aid Int’l

Source. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that so far, Women’s History Month has been pretty kind to women and pretty aggressive in its push against the glass ceiling. And as we continue moving forward in the month, it looks like there’s no letting up yet, and we’ve got a doozy of a Noteworthy Happening today.

Liz Manne, who co-founded Fine Line Pictures and worked as Executive Vice President of Marketing from 1990 to 1997, has now been named Executive Director of Film Aid International, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

If you’re not familiar with Film Aid (I only learned of them recently,) they’re an organization that puts together and shows educational films to people in less developed parts of the world in an effort to elevate education levels on basic human life topics. From their website:

“FilmAid has completed a 5 part film series on hygiene and the prevention of malaria and cholera produced for the Somali refugee community. The films are being watched by thousands of Somalis living in Dadaab refugee camp where health is consistently compromised by overpopulation.”

Now, you might think “eh, so what? I saw those kinds of films in grade school.” Fair enough. But for people who live in parts of the world where education is unavailable or undervalued (or goodness forbid, both,) many people can go their entire lives without the basic understanding of simple human hygienics, much less higher needs like Liberty, Self-Respect, Reason and Science. Without foundational knowledge, it’s difficult to convince people of the need for higher knowledge, and it’s precisely this lack of education and development that lead to situations in which they can be abused and taken advantage of by unscrupulous individuals, governments and corporations who know better.

So congratulations to Ms. Manne, who’s clearly a motivated “go-getter” not just in the realm of business, but in the realm of ideas that work to elevate humankind to a better way of living.