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Look What She Did!

Roberta Levitow on the fearless Rose Mbowa

By Julie Hébert on July 29, 2015 in Film, Lifestyle

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A Look What She Did! video with Roberta Levitow on Rose Mbowa.

Roberta Levitow opens up about the groundbreaking theater artist and teacher, Rose Mbowa, who risked her personal safety to defend freedom of speech in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign, creating programs to empower local African artists and their communities. Mbowa’s art and teachings inspired the entire African continent and beyond, proof that one voice speaking truth in a time of darkness can make a difference. Here is Roberta Levitow talking about Rose Mbowa:

“Until the Lion learns to speak, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the Hunter.” 

With our new backyard video project, Look What She Did!, we are creating an ongoing archive of short videos celebrating crazy-great women as told to us by… crazy-great women. See more videos posted on our YouTube channel and our Facebook page. All of us working on this project are having a blast and are fired up about sharing these inspiring stories with you.

Check out more about Look What She Did! at www.juliehebert.com
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Julie Hébert is an award-winning writer and director of theater, film and television. She won the PEN Award for Drama twice, for her plays TREE and THE KNEE DESIRES THE DIRT. Her most recent play, NIGHT FALLS, premiered at ODC in San Francisco, codirected by Hébert and Deborah Slater. Ms. Hébert has written and directed plays for Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, the Magic, the Eureka, LaMaMa, the Women’s Project, San Diego Rep, Los Angeles Theater Center, The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, Seven Stages and Horizon in Atlantaand many more. She has received grants from the NEA, TCG, AT&T New Plays, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Alexander Gerbode Foundation, and the California Arts Commission for writing, directing, and inter-disciplinary arts. Hébert has written two films, FEMALE PERVERSIONS, starring Tilda Swinton; and RUBY'S BUCKET OF BLOOD, adapted from her play, starring Angela Bassett. Ms. Hébert has also worked as writer, director, producer for some of the most respected shows on television, including The West Wing, ER, Numb3rs, Blue Bloods, Boss, Nashville and American Crime. She co-directed the Third Watch documentary, In Their Own Words, shortly after 9/11 and was honored with a George Foster Peabody Award.

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