Beatrice Mtetwa to Receive Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen Prize

beatrice2Beatrice Mtetwa has recently been chosen as the first woman to receive the prestigous Ivan Allen prize from Georgia Tech University. Known for her fearless human rights work as a lawyer in Zimbabwe, Mtetwa was the focus of Lorie Conway’s documentary Beatrice Mtetwa & The Rule of Law. Nearly 5,000 DVDs of the film have since been distributed throughout Africa; the film is being distributed on the continent via FOX television with additional broadcasts around the world.