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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, 1998 Freelance Photographer, since 1988 Photographer/video, Dyke TV, 1993-1996 Photographic Exhibitions: The New Gallery, New York, 1989; School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, 1988; and New College of California Gallery, San Francisco, 1982 Education BFA, Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York
BA, Women’s Studies, New College of California Teacher’s University, Reykjavik, Iceland News February - March 2006 Gréta Ólafsdóttir and Susan Muska’s 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 Gréta Ólafsdóttir and Susan Muska’s 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. May 2002 Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttir's feature documentary
Women, The Forgotten Face of War was included in a film and panel
discussion series presented by the International Film and Television Exchange
on war crimes in New York in April. The video follows the lives of several Kosovar
women refugees, exploring the common tragedy—and uncommon courage—of
women in war. |
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