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Joanne Hershfield

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 Joanne Hershfield

Email:  hershfld@email.unc.edu



Joanne Hershfield has been making social documentaries for over 20 years. Her most recent films include The Gillian Film, (2006); Women in Japan: Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future, June 2002; and Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North Carolina, (2002). She is Professor and Chair of the Curriculum in Women's Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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