Rachel Schmidt
Rachel Schmidt is an award winning Canadian documentary filmmaker, photographer, global activist and the founder of the Women’s United Liberation Front. Her dispatches have taken her across the world where she has worked with international NGOs to advance human rights for women and girls. Rachel’s work includes Kootenay films like Joe and Gabrielle, the story of two Aboriginal youth trying to fit into a mostly white community and AIDS Lives Here, stories about people living with AIDS/HIV in rural communities. She is currently in development on two documentary series for television, and producing media projects for government. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Victoria and a diploma in Independent Digital Film from Langara College in Vancouver BC.
