the International Women's Film Festival Dortmund/Koln. A cumulative list of her acquired awards is available below: Stan Brakhage Vision Award, Denver Film Society (2018) Temple University Films and Media Arts Tribute Award, Philadelphia, PA (2018) Selected Master Filmmaker, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Claremont, CA (2018) Resisting Paradise, Best Documentary, Memphis Film and Video Festival, Memphis, TN (2018) Resisting Paradise, Aesthetic Art Award, Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, Italy (2018) Resisting Paradise, Southern Circuit Tour (screenings in 7 southern cities) (2018) Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts, Trinity College (2012) The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction (2011) The Publishing Triangle Lambda Award for Best Lesbian Memoir Writing (2011) LEO Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film, Flaherty Seminars, Leo Dratfield Endowment and International Film Seminars (2008) Platinum Tribute, Outfest (2007) Shirley Clarke Avant-Garde Film Award, St. Louis International Film Festival, NYWFT (2006) Fulbright Senior Specialist, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Batislava, Slovakia (2005) Selected Master Filmmaker, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Claremont, CA (2005) Resisting Paradise, Southern Circuit Travel Award (2004) History Lessons, Documentary Award, Athens International Film/Video Festival (2003) Resisting Paradise, Close-up: Visionaries of Modern Cinema Award, Frameline (2003) Peace Prize, 1st Global Peace Film Festival (2003) Tribute, U.S.A. Film Festival (2003) Career Honor from Mayor of Philadelphia, International Gay-Lesbian Film Festival (2001) Frameline Award, Career Honor, Frameline International Film Festival (2000) Devotion, Jurors' Merit Award, Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival (2000) Tender Fictions, Awarded Best Documentary Cash Prize, Immaginaria Festival (1998) Tender Fictions, Documentary Competition, Yamagata International Doc Film Festival (1997) Tender Fictions, Director's Choice, Charlotte Film Festival (1996) Documentary Competition, Sundance Film Festival (1996) The Forum, Berlin International Film Festival (1996) Isabel Liddell Art Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival (1996) Cineprobe, Museum of Modern Art, NYC (1995) Nitrate Kisses, Audience Award for Best Documentary, International Festival of Women Directors (1994) Polar Bear Award for Lifetime Contribution to Lesbian/Gay Cinema, Berlin International Film Festival (1993) Cineprobe, Museum of Modern Art, NYC (1993) Vital Signs, Excellence Award, California State Fair (1992) Best Experimental Film, Utah Film Festival (1992) Juror's Award, Black Maria Film Festival (1992) Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art Video Award (1992) The John D. Phelan Award in Video (1991) Sanctus, Special Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival (1991) Second Prize, Experimental Film, Baltimore Film Festival (1991) Endangered, First Prize, Atlanta Film Festival (1991) First Prize, Black Maria Film Festival (1991) First Prize, Buck's County Film Festival