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Mary Olive Smith
Mary Olive Smith has produced, directed and written prime-time documentaries for major television broadcasters including the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channels, The History Channel and Canal+.
Her work has taken her to more than 30 countries, and her travels to Ethiopia for the making of A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL mark her fifth time filming in sub-Saharan Africa. She spent six months in Senegal making a documentary about ethnic conflict there.
Mary Olive has a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and received the Best Documentary award from Columbia?s Graduate School of Journalism in 1996, the same year she joined Engel Entertainment.
Films by this filmmaker
83 minutes
This film is part of the library.
A Walk To Beautiful tells the stories of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating chidbirth injuries and make the journey to reclaim their lost dignity.
Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their...