US based playwright Jennifer Haley has been awarded the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the most prestigious award for female playwrights for her play The Nether. She prevailed over 9 other finalists. Actress Imogene Stubbs handed out the $20,000 prize on behalf of the international jury.
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Jennifer Haley Wins 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The 41st New Directors/ New Film which partners the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art will open on March 21st with Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now which I caught last September at the Toronto Film Festival. The festival will end on April 1 with a surprise screening that will not be revealed untiil that evening. Here are the other female directed films at the festival.
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Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now To Open 41st Annual New Directors/New Films