Jennifer Lopez to get human rights award

**celeb_2006** · February 2nd, 2007, 10:15 PM

Jennifer Lopez to get human rights award - Yahoo! News

Jennifer Lopez will receive an award for her work as producer and star of a film examining the murders of hundreds of women in a Mexican border town, Amnesty International officials said Friday.
Lopez will receive the Artists for Amnesty award Feb. 14 at the Berlin Film Festival from Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta. The film "Bordertown" will make its debut Feb. 15 at the festival.
In "Bordertown," Lopez plays an investigative journalist reporting on the serial killings of women in the border city of Juarez, Mexico. Directed by Gregory Nava, the film also stars Antonio Banderas and Martin Sheen.
"Since first hearing of these atrocities in 1998, when Gregory Nava came to me with this project, I desperately wanted to tell this story," Lopez said. "I began working to ensure we made this film in order to bring the attention of the world to this tragedy and to pressure the Mexican government to bring to justice those responsible for these horrible crimes."
Lopez, 36, screened the film for some of the mothers of women killed in Juarez and will receive special recognition from Norma Andrade, co-founder of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa (Bring Our Daughters Home), an organization comprising mothers and families of the murdered women of Juarez.

**latinaforever** · February 2nd, 2007, 10:21 PM

i have read of others do more than just a movie to get a human right award ...but its good this crimes have been brought to world attention.

**Dean James** · February 2nd, 2007, 10:52 PM

How can someone care for humans and not for animals?

**cococure** · February 3rd, 2007, 11:31 PM

Some people think humans are greater than animals, the whole food chain thing.

**Moomoo** · February 4th, 2007, 06:14 PM

yes, she'll show up for her award decked out in major bling and furs and be so smug and gracious at the same time and not know why everyone doesn't love and admire her even more.
I feel that she's so patently shallow that everything she says is just strategically contrived in my opinion.

DitaPage* · February 4th, 2007, 06:25 PM

Animals are better than humans.

**latinaforever** · February 4th, 2007, 06:37 PM

the worth of a woman in 3rd world country is less than that of an animal.violence against women has to stop be it in mexico or here.good for lopez for bringing this out.

**crumpet** · February 5th, 2007, 09:49 AM

Some people think humans are greater than animals, the whole food chain thing.
Well, go lie down in a lion cage and see what happens, lol!!
Animals are better than humans.
Any day of the week!!!!

**VenusInFauxFurs** · February 5th, 2007, 10:18 AM

I think that it's a good thing that she's doing a film on the women of Juarez. I don't think it's worth a human rights award.

**southernbelle** · February 5th, 2007, 11:11 AM

This is just like in high school. These awards don't go to the most deserving people. They go to the most deserving popular person (celebrity), despite the fact that when compared to other non-stars, they range from equal qualifications to significantly underqualified.