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SAVE THE DATE - Sunday, April 3, 2011 - Washington, DC: FREE screenings of "Pip & Zastrow: An American Friendship" documentary at National Geographic Museum in conjunction with the America I Am: The African American Imprint exhibition.
Screenings at: 11 am and 1 pm.
Location: 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Ph: (202) 857-7588.
For more info. go to: National Geographic Events website
"Hostage Nation" wins 2010 WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America)-Duke University Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. See Press Release.
Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs (Book)
by Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes, with Jorge Enrique Botero
Published by Knopf August 10, 2010.
See Calendar at right for Author Events in September.
Reviews of the book:
Christian Science Monitor
Zócalo Public Square
Publishers Weekly
TIME magazine
Pip & Zastrow: An American Friendship -
Community Center in Annapolis, MD named for Zastrow Simms.
See slideshow The Capital newspaper
Pip & Zastrow: An American Friendship
Wins the $10,000 "Target Filmmaker Award to Dream in Color" at the
American Black Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA.
See photos and articles at Pip & Zastrow News
Zastrow Simms was our special guest at the premiere!
July 2, 2008 - Ingrid Betancourt RESCUED by the Colombian military after over 6 years of captivity in the jungle, held by the FARC guerillas.
July 2, 2008 - Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Thomas Howes RESCUED by the Colombian military after over 5 years of captivity in the jungle, held by the FARC guerillas.
January 2008 - Clara Rojas, Ingrid Betancourt's 2002 vice presidential candidate, is released from captivity after nearly 6 years, and reunited with her 3 year old son that she gave birth to in the jungle.
