Women in Film and Video/New England’s Image Awards 2000

by Rebecca Richards
Presenters (back row): Henry Becton, Kathryn Dietz, Anne-Marie Stein, Ellie Lee, and Master of Ceremonies Marita Rivero. Honorees (front row): Connie White, Rebecca Eaton, Michal Goldman, Marianne Lampke, Michele LaMura, and Judy Richardson. Photo credit: Laura Wulf.

Women in Film and Video/New England presented the second annual Image Awards for Excellence and Vision on Tuesday, May 16th, at a black-tie gala that filled the Grand Ballroom of the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. Once again, the event celebrated the achievements of a group of local women and their contributions to the film, television, and new media industries. This year’s honorees included: Rebecca Eaton of WGBH, Executive Producer of EXXON OMBIL MASTERPIECE THEATER and MYSTERY!; Michele LaMura, founder and publisher of NewEnglandFilm.com and BuyIndies.com; Judy Richardson, a producer of Blackside Inc.’s landmark documentary series MALCOLM X: MAKE IT PLAIN and EYES ON THE PRIZE; Michal Goldman, award-winning documentarian and founder and President of Filmmakers Collaborative; and Connie White and Marianne Lampke, founders and co-directors of the Boston International Festival of Women’s Cinema, the Provincetown Film Festival, and Running Arts at the Brattle and the Beacon Cinema Group.
  Event co-chairs Sally Fay Cottingham (left) and Rebecca Richards (right) enjoy a light moment on stage. Photo credit: Laura Wulf.

As with last year’s gala, this year’s event was a success due to the generosity of the Image Awards sponsors and the hard-working efforts of so many in-kind donors and volunteers. Women in Film and Video/New England wants to thank everyone who helped make the evening such an unforgettable one.

Tom Sprague of National Boston Video and Women in Film and Video/New England founding member and writer/director Kat Tatlock at the 2000 Image Awards Gala.
Photo credit: Laura Wulf.		  

 
A special thanks to Bryan Rafanelli and Nina Jung of Rafanelli Events Management; Barbara Jordan, owner of Bjoux; Henry Becton and WGBH; Caroline Brown of Giorgio Armani; Bill Cottingham and Sotheby’s; MC Marita Rivero; Tory Ryden from Fox-25 News; Christy Scott-Cashman; National Amusements; Fleet Bank; Kate Taylor and Julie Kahn of WGBH and Zoom; Bonnie Katzman of BK Designs; Chris Shepherd and Cartier; Lisa Schmid Alvord; Barbara Hostetter; Mary Niles; Peggy Dray and the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel; Bill Churchill and Cosmic Blender; Carol Patton at Imagine; the Mass. Film Office; Cramer Productions; everyone at High Output; and Bob Lewis, Sasha Shawkey, and the rest of wonderful crew from PIXMIX. And thank you to Angelica Allende Brisk and Karen McKeen for overseeing the production of the intro videos. Great work! Patricia Garcia-Rios, thank you for working so hard that night. Big kudos from co-chair Sally Cottingham and myself to the board members and staff of Women in Film who worked so many long days and nights to make the Image Awards happen.

And finally, thanks to New England’s production community for once again supporting the work of Women in Film and Video/New England.