Celebrating achievement

In a month that traditionally sets out to highlight Women’s achievements, I was delighted to hear about a new Women in Cinema Lifetime Achievement Award launched this month at the Images of Black Women Film Festival (IBW). The first winner of the award was US film Director Julie Dash (Funny Valentines, The Rosa Parks Story) who is also the first African American woman to have a full-length general theatrical release in the United States. Fingers crossed it’ll be a UK contender taking away the award next year.