Film by Owino ’99 takes Seattle festival honor

A UW-Green Bay alumna’s documentary film was voted a fan favorite at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival. We noted here last week that Peres Owino, a 1999 grad, directed the film “Bound: Africans versus African Americans,” described as “a hard-hitting documentary that addresses the little-known tension that exists between Africans and African Americans.” We have since learned that the film won the 2014 Lena Shape Award at the Seattle International Film Festival. This award is given to the female director’s film that receives the most votes in public balloting at the Festival.