Dorothy Fadiman

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Dorothy Fadiman , born Dorothy Ostwind (born June 3, 1939 in Pennsylvania ), is an American director and producer of documentaries .

Live and act

Dorothy Fadiman grew up as the youngest child of Moss and Anna Ostwind in the Jewish community of Pittsburgh . She has a sister ten years her senior and a brother eight years her senior. By 1957 she attended Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, later Pennsylvania State University . In 1961 she moved to Menlo Park , California , to study speech therapy at Stanford University . There she met her future husband James Fadiman (* 1939), who was working in Stanford on his master's degree in psychology. They married in Churchill Borough, Pennsylvania in 1965. The marriage resulted in two daughters.

After a spiritual experience during an LSD - Rush Fadiman started the phenomenon Inner Light to explore, which plays a role in some religions. In 1974 she met the producer Michael Wiese, who discovered her through her research. Fadiman planned to write a book, but instead, through Wiese's influence, she made her first documentary, Radiance: The Experience of Light .

Over twenty other films followed, often dealing with human rights and social justice. They reflect Fadiman's personal life experiences. Her award-winning documentary When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories was also made , among other things, because she herself had an illegal abortion as a student in 1963 and was seriously injured in the process. Another impetus for this film were current political developments, which made Roe v. Wade questioned. Fadiman wanted to make the public aware of the consequences of withdrawing the legalization of abortions. In 1993 her film was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Documentary Short Film. She also took up the subject again in two other documentaries. In a later series of documentaries, Fadiman addressed the issue of AIDS in Ethiopia .

In 2008 Fadiman's documentary Stealing America: Vote by Vote caused a sensation , in which she shows the technical irregularities in elections in the USA. The trigger for the production of the film were her own observations as an election worker in the 2004 presidential elections in Florida, which were confirmed by her research and interviews with other parties involved.

Fadiman lives in Menlo Park with her husband, author and professor of psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology ( Palo Alto ). She is the owner of the film production company Concentric Media and leads seminars and workshops on the production of documentaries.

Publications

  • Dorothy Fadiman, Tony Levelle: Producing with passion: making films that change the world. Michael Wiese, Studio City 2008, ISBN 9781932907445 .

Filmography

  • 1978: Radiance: The Experience of Light
  • 1980: Celebration: I am all of these
  • 1982: Peace: A Conscious Choice
  • 1983: Celebration
  • 1983: World Peace is A Local Issue
  • 1989: Well & strong: a true story
  • 1990: Why Do These Kids Love School?
  • 1992: When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
  • 1995: From Danger to Dignity
  • 1995: Water baby: experiences of water birth
  • 1996: The Fragile Promise of Choice: Abortion in the United States Today
  • 1998: Dear Dr. Spencer: Abortion in a Small Town
  • 1999: Fix-it Shops: An Endangered Species
  • 2000: Groove - 130 bpm
  • 2001: Woman by Woman: New Hope for the Villages of India
  • 2002: Moment by moment: the healing journey of Molly Hale
  • 2004: From Risk to Action: Women and HIV / AIDS in Ethiopia
  • 2004: Molly and Jeramy
  • 2004: Motherhood by choice not chance
  • 2007: Breathe Easy
  • 2008: Stealing America: Vote by Vote
  • 2009: Reclaiming their voice: The Native American Vote in New Mexico & Beyond
  • 2010: Shattering the Myth of Aging: Senior Games Celebrate Healthy Lifestyles, Competition and Community

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh, February 27, 1975, Obituaries  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. pjn.library.cmu.edu, accessed February 2, 2013.@1@ 2Template: dead link / pjn.library.cmu.edu  
  2. ^ Dorothy Ostwind in household of Moss Ostwind, United States Census, 1940 familysearch.org, accessed February 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh, 1965, Social and Personal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. pjn.library.cmu.edu, accessed February 2, 2013.@1@ 2Template: dead link / pjn.library.cmu.edu  
  4. ↑ Linda Hubbard Gulker: Dorothy Fadiman: Inspiring people to action through film and books. In: InMenlo September 26, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Nick Dawson: Dorothy Fadiman, Stealing America: Vote By Vote. August 1, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ Dorothy Fadiman, Producer / Director choiceatrisk.org, accessed February 2, 2013.
  7. ^ Sue Hutchison: Filmmaker Willing To Risk Becoming Rich And Famous. In: Chicago Tribune March 11, 1993. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Fadiman, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ostwind, Dorothy (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Pennsylvania