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Women, The Forgotten Face of War (2002) ![]() Following the lives of several Kosovar women refugees, this documentary explores the common tragedy that women survivors of war must face and the uncommon courage they display despite life-altering trauma. Screenings: The Museum of Modern Art, New York ![]() ![]() Selected Works Film Women, The Forgotten Face of War (2002, co-director)
The Brandon Teena Story (1998, co-director) Accomplishments Grand Jury Award, Best Film, Great Plains Film Festival, 1999
Teddy Award for Best Documentary, Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 1998 Researcher for HIV vaccine trials and public-health video producer, Zambia, 1998 Regular segment producer, camera and editor, Dyke TV, 1993-1996 Trainer for collaborative video production, National AIDS Program, Rwanda, 1987-1994 Director, Media Center, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, 1991-1994 Education Graduate Studies, French/Anthropology, New York University, New York
BA, Political Science, Duke University, Raleigh, NC Fine Arts, Painting, Parsons School of Design, New York Web Site News February - March 2006 Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttirs feature documentary The Brandon Teena Story
screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. The documentary
looks at the life and murder of the young woman who moved to Falls City,
Nebraska in 1993 and passed herself off as a male. November 2005 Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttirs Women, the Forgotten Face of War, a
documentary that follows the lives of several Kosovar women refugees and
explores the common tragedy that women survivors of war must face, screened at
the Center for Contemporary Art in Dresden, Germany in September. April - May 2004 Susan Muska and Greta Ólafsdóttir are working on two new documentaries. The Legacy of Resistance is about the anti-war movement in America. They're also working on a documentary about troubled girls, funded by the Icelandic Film Commission. |
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