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Doing the Work: Kirsten Schaffer, Women In Film LA
Doing the Work is a series profiling key recipients of HFPA Philanthropy The Executive Director of Los Angeles-based Women In Film LA – Kirsten Schaffer – was an LGBTQ activist from her early youth. Programming film festivals was a way to channel her energies since she quickly realized that “stories have the power to change hearts and minds, and that cultural change precedes political change”.