Liz Canner is an American

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who makes documentaries, digital public art installations and new media projects on human rights issues. Her documentary ''Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, The World Bank and the IMF'' (1995), was one of the first films to look critically at the effects of the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

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policy and

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. In 2009 Canner directed '' Orgasm Inc.: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure'' (2009), a feature-length investigative documentary on the pharmaceutical industry and women's health. Canner is the founder and director of Astrea Media, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating media projects on human rights issues. Canner graduated with honors in anthropology and visual arts from Brown University in 1991. She has been the recipient of over 50 awards, honors and grants for her work including a

Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Carneg ...

Next Generation Leadership Fellowship for "creating innovative media projects that strengthen democracy", a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, a

Radcliffe Institute The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University—also known as the Harvard Radcliffe Institute—is a part of Harvard University that fosters interdisciplinary research across the humanities, sciences, social sciences, arts, a ...

(Bunting) Film/Video Fellowship from Harvard University Liz Canner: Radcliffe Fellow
and the Visionary Award from Dartmouth College. A native of

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, Canner lives in

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and

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, with her husband, Alex Barnett. She previously lived with writer

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in a set-up they have described as similar to a

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Films

*'' Orgasm Inc.'' (2009) *''Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund'' (1995) *''State of Emergency: Inside the LAPD'' (1993) (Co-Director Julia Meltzer) *''Busting the Hype on the LA Riots'' (1993) (Co-Director Julia Meltzer) *''Hands on the Verdict: The 1992 LA Uprising'' (1992) (Co-coordinating Producer Julia Meltzer)

Digital public art documentary projects

*Hidden Tribe (2006) *Bridges (2004) *Moving Visions (2003) *Symphony of a City (2001) (Co-director John Ewing)

Multi-media installations

*Distilling the Essence of Women (2004) *Dream Colony (1996)

Anti-ad films

*Krafty (1999) (with the Anti-ad Agency) *SUV (1998) (with the Anti-ad Agency) *Nike (1998) (with the Anti-ad Agency)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canner, Liz American women film directors English-language film directors Brown University alumni Living people 1968 births 21st-century American women