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Seeking Our Story: Mary Pickford and the Feminist Foundation of Hollywood
Pickford on the set of “Little Annie Rooney” Guest Post by Samantha Shada For five years I passed the signs on Venice at National; the only billboard sized image in Los Angeles with a woman...
Seeking Our Story: Personal Filmmaking with Allison Anders’ ‘Gas Food Lodging’
Allison Anders (b. 1954) began life in rural Kentucky. By age four her father abandoned the family and her mother packed up her five daughters to move to Los Angeles. After enduring abuse from a...
Seeking Our Story: An Animated Life: Director Vicky Jenson
Vicky Jenson was bornin Los Angeles to a highly talented family that was led by her mother Ana, animmigrant from Costa Rica who encouraged her children to explore the arts. Vicky’s sister became a...
Sharing Our Story: Hollywood’s First Contract Director Dorothy Arzner’s ‘Dance, Girl, Dance’
To celebrate the firstanniversary of Seeking Our Story, this month’s screening will proudly feature awoman of many firsts: Dorothy Arzner. Arzner first moved to Hollywood in 1906, whereher father...
Sharing Our Story: Mary Harron’s Misunderstood Cult Classic ‘American Psycho’
As this year’sSundance Film Festival swings into gear, let’s take a look back at awoman with a definite place in Sundance history: Park City darling Mary Harron. Born to comedianDonald Harron...
Seeking Our Story: Living Comedy with Elaine May’s ‘The Heartbreak Kid’
Elaine May traveled and told stories on the Yiddish theater circuit evenbefore she was born. In 1932, Jack and Ida Berlin welcomed baby Elaine inPhiladelphia, PA. After Jack’s untimely passing in...
Guest Post: Going Back to School with Martha Coolidge’s ‘Valley Girl’
Earlier this month, the hashtag #WomenCallAction flew around the Twittersphere. This live chat hosted by The Women’s International Perspective includedparticipation by director and activist Rachel...
Guest Post: Celebrating Woman Directors with a Look Back at Jane Campion’s The Piano
At last weekend’s Etheria Film Night,director Lexi Alexander received an award for inspiring women directors. In her acceptance speech,Alexander bemoaned the current statistics, but she also...