Filmmaker brings Zimbabwe to Boulder

BOULDER, Colo. — At age 21, Tatenda Muchiriri founded the Machapro Boys Club in his home village in Zimbabwe, with the goal of changing the way African men view and treat women.

It was a revolutionary idea there.

"I've heard of people doing programs with young women to empower them to take care of their bodies, take care of themselves and prevent AIDS from affecting them," said Robin Truesdale, a University of Colorado graduate who met Muchiriri on a 2006 trip to Zimbabwe. "But I've never met a young man who was interested in approaching it from the male angle, and I just found that fascinating."

Teacher, mother of four’s battle with cancer ends

BOULDER, Colo. — Saturday morning marked the end of a more-than-year-long struggle with breast cancer for Leson Dunkley-Hansen, a former teacher at Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies and a mother of four.

Dunkley-Hansen was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. The cancer eventually spread to her brain and lungs and caused her to stop teaching her fifth-grade class in March 2008. She died Saturday.

5 Questions for Jeanine Fritz, Boulder Outdoor Cinema manager

BOULDER, Colo. — Jeanine Fritz took over as productions manager for the Boulder Outdoor Cinema in 2004 for Dave Riepe, after two years with the cinema. Reipe, who created the outdoor cinema, as we know it today, added music, trivia and other pre-show entertainment. Fritz has also worked with a number of film festivals, critiqued films and film festivals for the Camera and does any other kind of movie-related work she can get.