The Rory Kennedy speech was really interesting in that she explored the range of emotions and experiences that have to do with women. She started her passion for film-making when she attended college at Brown. She was a women's study major and had an interest in social issues. After her last paper about crack mothers, she filmed them in a way that showed them trying to get help vs. what the news was saying. She eventually found a producer and raised the money for that first film. She titled the film Women of Substance and it took 2 years to film. In total, she has made 23 documentaries. To name a few:
American Hollow, which is about domestic violence in Mississippi, is heart wrenching because she gets inside a family that has to deal with hardships every day of their lives.
A Boy's Life, which "family is the source of the problem" is about a welfare change and how it would effect children with mental issues. It also takes place in Mississippi and deals with a 7 year old boy who was out of control but couldn't get the social services he needed.
Pandemic (Facing Aids), which is about the global aids epidemic. She traveled to 5 different countries to get footage of different people with aids and showed the physical hardships that they deal with is nothing compared to the psychological aspect that they deal with.
Ghost of Abu Ghraib, which is the "steepest fall of grace" is about going into filming thinking the people as monsters but realizing she connects to them and was surprised by their humanity.
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