Hollywood Event Honoring Streisand's "Yentl" Brings Awareness to Plight of Congolese Women - The Huffington Post

Date: 
May 25, 2009
Author: 
Paul Katz

 When Kat Kramer announced the launch of her "Films That Changed the World" series, she got a mostly enthusiastic response, but there were a few naysayers.

"You've got to be kidding me!" some said to Ms. Kramer, "Films don't change the world!"

As Kramer shared this story at the premiere luncheon for her series, groans of disagreement from approximately 100 women (and a handful of men) in the entertainment industry echoed throughout a "writer's garden" area on the Sunset-Gower Studios lot in Hollywood. 

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