Viewchange.org Announces Online Film Contest Winner for Powerful Stories on Progress in the Developing World | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

SAN FRANCISCO–ViewChange.org, a new multimedia website launched by Link TV and devoted to stories about global development, today announced the ViewChange Online Film Contest winners, awarding its $25,000 Grand Prize to a film that tells the story of Kakenya Ntaiya who makes her simple dream come true: opening the first primary school for girls in her Maasai village in Kenya. “Vital Voices: Kakenya,” by New York filmmakers Aaron Kisner and Pistachios also won the $5,000 prize in the “Overcoming Conflict” category with the riveting film which uses animation, photography, and video to tell Kakenya’s incredible story.

To read the full press release, view the PDF on the Link TV web site.