Diamonds are a girl's best friend
(2018, original release: 2011)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
Media Education Foundation, 2011
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
1290290
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Producer & Director: Sarah Knight. Producer: Barbara Ghammashi. Executive Producer: Gary Sharfin & Ashley Shepherd. Cinematographers: Laura Crosta, Carl Eyster, Collin Martin & Daniel Tayag. Editor: Gary Sharfin. Sound Recordist: Tim Alward, Colin Heath, Chet Leonard & Daniel R. Williams. Music Supervisor: Vince Scuderi

Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2011

Diamonds Are a Girĺђةs Best Friend tells the inspiring story of Nicole Sherry McFadyen, one of only two women in history to be named Head Groundskeeper of a Major League Baseball team. Beginning with her first internship, the film shows how McFadyen rose through the ranks to become a leading innovator in the field and ultimately take the prestigious head job at storied Camden Yards in Baltimore. If you're looking for ways to counter negative gender stereotypes with a positive and powerful vision of women's leadership, this is an ideal classroom resource

Grade 9+

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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