Watch "A Powerful Noise.Live" on March 5, 2009

Posted by Christine Welter Feb 25, 2009

The humanitarian organization CARE is partnering with women's organizations across the United States to celebrate International Women's Day 2009 with "A Powerful Noise, Live" on March 5.

The documentary will be shown in 440 selected movie theaters and is followed by a town hall discussion broadcast live from New York City with Dr. Helen Gayle, CARE President and CEO, Madeleine K. Albright, Former U.S.Secretary of State, Nicholas D. Kristof, columnist for the New York Times, and other panelists.

The subtitle of "A Powerful Noise" is "The Impact of One Voice. The Power of Many". Directed by Tom Capello the award-winning film takes viewers inside the lives of three remarkable women who defeated the cycle of poverty and oppression.

Hanh is an HIV-positive widow in Vietnam. Nada a survivor of the Bosnian war. And Madame Urbain works the slums of Bamako, Mali. Through their ability to empower others the three individuals are sparking unprecedented changes. The film is a meditation on the potential of women to change the world.

• Hanh learned that she had contracted HIV after her husband and daughter died from AIDS. Bouncing back from despair, she started a self-help group in Vietnam to give people living with HIV/AIDS a place for support, counseling and health care.

• Nada is a working mother of three children.  As a refugee, she survived the Bosnian War. Her women's association, Maja Kravica, is helping ease hostilities between Serbs and Bosniaks. Nada is building an agricultural cooperative to offer employment opportunities for war widows, and fair trade markets for families to sell their crops and livestock.   

• Jacqueline, known as "Madame Urbain" fights forced labor practices in the slums of Bamako, Mali. She stands up for the rights of powerless girls who are abused in the workplace or on the streets. Her organization, APAF, provides girls a basic education, teaches them vocational skills and places them in safe jobs.

For ticket information and a movie theater near you, visit  "A Powerful Noise."