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Barbara Trent is an Oscar winning filmmaker, seasoned activist. Her personal story of courage risk and achievement, starting in the 1960s is inspiring to many. Drawing on a quarter century of filming and community organizing. Ms. Trent engages audiences in an exciting journey from skepticism to illumination to action. Her urgent message inspires audiences to find methods that will impact the federal government, the mass media, and the public at large. Ms. Trent examines the present day obstacles to having an independent and courageous media in the United States. She educates audiences to "see through" the daily news and assists them in identifying ways to access alternative perspectives.