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 MINES
TO VINES
USA/Croatia, 2008, PSA 12 min
Directed/Produced by: Diane Baker
In the war-torn regions of Croatia the San Francisco-based
Roots of Peace has funded clearance of nearly 500,000 square
meters of land, removing over 50 landmines and unexploded
ordinance in collaboration with the International Trust Fund
of Slovenia, U.S. State Department, Adopt-a-Minefield and
the Croatian government’s demining organization (CROMAC).
About Root of Peace
Founded by Heidi Kühn, Roots of Peace works to unearth
dangerous landmines in war-torn countries and empower the
local communities scarred by these inhumane weapons. Working
to build sustainable crops on land once too dangerous to
traverse, the organization transforms the scars of conflict
into the roots of peace. It is active in the following
countries: Angola, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Croatia.
Please visit
http://www.rootsofpeace.org/ for more information.
Director/Producer Diane Baker
Diane Baker studied acting in New York and Los Angeles with
Charles Conrad, ballet with Nina Fonaroff, Estelle Harman
and years later with Stella Adler. While under contract with
Twentieth Century Fox, she was introduced to director George
Stevens Sr., who cast her in The Diary of Anne Frank. Diane
performed in films such as Journey to the Center of the
Earth, The Best of Everything, 300 Spartans, The Wizard of
Baghdad, Nine Hours to Rama, directed by Mark Robson, and on
loan-out starred with Susan Hayward in Stolen Hours in
England. At Universal, she starred in Mirage with Gregory
Peck and Marnie for director Alfred Hitchcock. Diane has
worked with Anthony Hopkins and director Jonathan Demme in
Silence of the Lambs, and her television credits include The
Blue and the Gray, Inherit the Wind, and most recently About
Sarah, ER and CBS's Jackie, playing the role of Rose
Kennedy.
Diane's first effort as a producer came in the self-financed
documentary, Ashiana, which dealt with the end of feudalism
in India. Several other award-wining documentaries followed.
With no office other than her briefcase, she produced the
film Never Never Land in London, starring Petula Clark. This
success opened the door for a future project, a mini-series
based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance,
which received and Emmy nomination for Best Miniseries.
Diane is also Director of Acting at San Francisco Academy of
Art.
DVD Provided by
Diane Baker
Academy of Art
San Francisco
http://rootsofpeace.org/
Hrvatski Centar za Razminiranje
http://www.hcr.hr/en/aktualnostCijela.asp?ID=610
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