- POWER UP
Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = POWER UP
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Non-profit_type =501(c)(3) non-profit organization
founded_date =2000
founder =Stacy Codikow Amy Shomer
location =Los Angeles ,California ,United States
origins =
key_people =Stacy Codikow , Executive directorLisa Thrasher , President of Film Production & Distribution
area_served =
focus =Motion pictures
method = funding, producing and distributing films
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Non-profit_slogan = Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up!
homepage =http://www.power-up.net/
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footnotes =POWER UP, the "Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up" is an American
non-profit organization and filmproduction company with the stated mission "to promote the visibility and integration of gay women in entertainment, the arts, and all forms of media". It was founded in2000 byfilm producer sStacy Codikow andAmy Shomer .cite web |url=http://www.power-up.net/celebrity_guests_include.htm |title=Challenging Perception through Film, POWER UP |accessdate=2007-05-15 |work=POWER UP] Its members include men and women, gay and straight.POWER UP provides funding and assistance to filmmakers, as well as producing its own films. After several
short film s, its firstfeature film was the comedy "Itty Bitty Titty Committee " directed byJamie Babbit .cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/2/powerlesbians?page=0%2C1 |title=The Top 13 Power Lesbians in Entertainment in 2007 |accessdate=2007-05-15 |last=Lo |first=Malinda |date=2007-02-27|work=AfterEllen.com |accessdate=2007-05-15] In 2004, POWER UP was awarded the Leadership Award by theNational Gay and Lesbian Task Force .Films
* 2001: "Stuck" - Jamie Babbit
* 2001: "Chicken Night" -Lisa Ginsburg
* 2001: "Breaking Up Really Sucks" -Jennifer McGlone
* 2003: "Give or Take an Inch" - Lee Friedlander
* 2003: "Fly Cherry" -Jessica Sharzer
* 2003: "D.E.B.S." -Angela Robinson
* 2003: "Intent" -Mary Ann Marino
* 2004: "Little Black Boot" -Colette Burson
* 2004: "The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder" -Buboo Kakati
* 2004: "Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer " -Jamie Donahue
* 2005: "Promtroversy" -Leanna Creel
* 2005: "Starcrossed " -James Burkhammer
* 2007: "Itty Bitty Titty Committee " - Jamie BabbitReferences
External links
* [http://www.power-up.net/ Official site]
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