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Connie Field

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “best known for directing five feature documentary films”. Today it says “american film director known for her work in documentaries”.
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Connie Field is best known for directing five feature documentary films: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980), Forever Activists (1990), Freedom on My Mind (1994), Have You Heard From Johannesburg (2010) and Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine (2013).1 She and her work have been nominated for two Academy Awards , and won dozens of other film awards, including a Primetime Emmy , the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and two International Documentary Association Best Feature and Series awards.2 She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences , the International Documentary Association , and the San Francisco Film Society .3

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best known for directing five feature documentary films

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american film director known for her work in documentaries

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