Posted: June 08, 2006 - 02:54:50 pm PDT
By Aimee Seim
Herald staff writer

Kathy Kiefer receives awards for documentary about women's experiences with their breasts.

SOAP LAKE -- Three years after work began on her latest film, "Boobalogue Our Breasts, Our Lives," Soap Lake filmmaker Kathy Kiefer has received two awards for the documentary which explores women's experiences with their breasts.

Kiefer is co-owner of JACOL filmworks and received a bronze Telly Award in April, an award which on average receives more than 10,000 entries a year, as well as a gold Aurora Award. The awards are designed to recognize local, regional, independent and industrial filmmaking both nationally and internationally.

"It's just a meaningful look at a subject people often don't discuss," Kiefer said of her film.

Working with seven women associate producers, Kiefer met with the group during monthly meetings beginning in 2003.

The film debuted on Mother's Day 2004 at the Masquer's Theater in Soap Lake with proceeds made from the film going to support the Moses Lake Cancer Foundation.

The role of the associate producers was to go out into the community to promote the film.

Interviews with women including from around the Basin and internationally, in the 1 hour and 20 minute film, tell of stories about breast-feeding, breast reduction, breast cancer and personal accounts of how others' perceptions of their breasts have impacted the women featured.

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