Cristina Pozzan
Australian filmmaker Cristina Pozzan has been active in the film industry for over eighteen years. Pozzan produced the critically acclaimed feature film RETURN HOME, which won an AFI Award for Best Director, and numerous documentaries including the six-part series POP MOVIE; AS THE MIRROR BURNS, which was nominated for two AFI Awards; PUNCH LINES; CURTAIN FOR MY CABIN and THE PECKING ORDER. Pozzan was Acting Manager and Executive Producer at Film Victoria between 1991 and 1992. She also worked as executive producer for Open Channel between 1997 and 1998. Recently, Pozzan completed production on the television documentary THE 5TH SET, for Film Australia and ABC TV. (07/12)
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As the Mirror Burns
A film by Cristina Pozzan, 1990, 58 min, Color
Most representations of the Vietnam War show women as innocent by-standers who sometimes became caught up in the conflict but who were otherwise uninvolved. AS THE MIRROR BURNS is an amazing redressing of this misconception. It is estimated that over 70% of the guerrilla forces in the war were women who were not victims but…
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