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Line 19: Jen Marlowe has directed and produced five films and co-written three books. Her documentary, ''Rebuilding Hope'', shown at the Paris International Human Rights Film Festival, focuses on the return of three [[Lost Boys of the Sudan]] to their home country twenty years after leaving for the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Margaret|title='Lost Boys' try to help those left in south Sudan|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/03/nation/la-na-lost-boys3-2010jan03|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> The film went on to win the Most Transformative Film Award (Crossroad Film Festival in Jackson, Mississippi - 2010), the Silver Palm Award (Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico - 2010), and an Honorable Mention (Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, North Dakota - 2010).<ref>{{cite web|title=Documentary Film: Rebuilding Hope|url=http://hopeforariang.org/resources/documentary-film-rebuilding-hope/|work=HOPE for Ariang|publisher=HOPE for Ariang Foundation|accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> A grant from the [[Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting]] supported the project.<ref>http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa/south-sudan-rebuilding-hope</ref> Her short film, ''One Family in Gaza'', won the 2013 Audience Award at the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival.<ref>http://bhrff.webs.com/festivalawards.htm</ref> Her book, ''The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey From Prisoner to Peacemaker'', co-authored with Sam al Jundi, won the Palestine Book Award from The Middle East Monitor.<ref>http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/press-release/4751-palestine-book-awards-2012-winners</ref> Her writing has also been featured in ''[[The Nation]]'',<ref>http://www.thenation.com/authors/jen-marlowe</ref>, TomDispatch<ref>http://www.tomdispatch.com/authors/jenmarlowe</ref> and ''[[Mother Jones]]''<ref>http://www.motherjones.com/authors/jen-marlowe</ref> She serves on the board of The Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre (N.Y.).<ref>{{cite web|title=Friends and Supporters|url=http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/friends-supporters/new-york/|work ===Directing/producing=== ; '' ; '' ; '' ===Writing=== Marlowe has co-written three non-fiction books, mostly on similar subject matter to her documentaries. ; '' ; ''
===Bibliography=== * {{cite book|last=Marlowe|first=Jen|title=I Am Troy Davis|year=2013|publisher=Haymarket Books|isbn=978-1608462940|coauthors=Correia-Davis, Martina and Davis, Troy}} * {{cite book|last=Marlowe|first=Jen|title=The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey From Prisoner to Peacemaker|year=2011|publisher=Nation Books|isbn=978-1-56858-448-5|coauthors=al Jundi, Sam}} * {{cite book|last=Marlowe|first=Jen|title=Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival|year=2006|publisher=Nation Books|isbn=978-1560259282|coauthors=Bain, Aisha and Shapiro,Adam}} ===Filmography=== Line 50 ⟶ 52: * ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' (9 May 2008)<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2609360/fullcredits</ref>
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