Virginia Williams is an Emmy Award-winning producer who has
written and produced a wide variety of long-form
documentary specials and series for Discovery Channel, TLC,
National Geographic, PBS, and other broadcasters. Her
company, New View Films, LLC, also produces high-impact
educational media toolkits and advocacy media about
important social and public health issues.]
While working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco,
Virginia became interested in the reality vs. Western
perception of womens role in Islamic society. In June 2002
she made a trip to Afghanistan to investigate a film about
Afghan womens rights activists role in rebuilding their
country after the Taliban. What she found was hundreds of
women had been resisting the Taliban and were now ready to
keep fighting for a full and equal role in society. It was
there at Afghanistans Emergency Election that Virginia
witnessed Massouda Jalals first step up to the podium to
announce her candidacy for president. She knew she had a
story.