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Weekly Update for September 4: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Mulan – Directed by Niki Caro; Written by Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin, Amanda Silver, and Rick Jaffa Acclaimed filmmaker Niki Caro...
Jasmila Žbanić Announces New Projects Ahead of Venice Premiere of Her Latest, “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
“Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Jasmila Žbanić’s portrait of a U.N. translator trying to seek shelter during the Bosnian War’s Srebrenica massacre, is making its world premiere at Venice...
Venice 2020 Women Directors: Meet Celine Held – “Topside”
Celine Held is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. She works as a co-writer and director with her partner Logan George. Their work as a team has premiered in competition at SXSW, Sundance Film Festival, and...
Book Excerpt: “Love Is All Around: And Other Lessons We’ve Learned from The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
The following is adapted from Paula Bernstein’s “Love Is All Around: And Other Lessons We’ve Learned from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Reprinted by permission of Running Press,...
Trailer Watch: “Underplayed” Celebrates Female DJs, Past and Present
“I never had seen a female DJ at the clubs. Ever,” says DJ Duffey in a trailer for “Underplayed.” As electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani explains, women have been involved...
September 2020 Film Preview
By Shayna Maci Warner and Tatiana McInnis September is rich in documentaries and epic narratives with long-awaited releases. This month’s varied documentary releases highlight women’s...
American Black Film Fest 2020 Women Directors: Meet Funmi Holder – “Efunsetan Aniwura”
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Funmi Holder has acted in over 25 movies since she made her debut in the Nigerian film industry. Her big break came in 2010, when she took the role of Amaka Okoh in the...
Rebecca Naomi Jones Talks Hosting Playbill’s “Women in Theatre: A Centennial Celebration”
Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, Playbill is presenting “Women in Theatre: A Centennial Celebration.” Hosted by Drama Desk-nominee Rebecca Naomi Jones and Tony-nominee and Pulitzer Prize-finalist...
Trailer Watch: Millie Bobby Brown Searches for Helena Bonham-Carter in “Enola Holmes”
Millie Bobby Brown steps out of Sherlock Holmes’ shadow in “Enola Holmes.” The Netflix pic sees the “Stranger Things” breakout playing the iconic private...
American Black Film Fest 2020 Women Directors: Meet Teniola Olatoni Ojigbede – “The New Normal”
Teniola Olatoni Ojigbede is the CEO and Creative Head of Sourmash Stories Production. “The New Normal” will screen at the 2020 American Black Film Festival, which takes place August...
American Black Film Fest 2020 Women Directors: Meet Chyna Robinson – “No Ordinary Love”
Director, writer, and producer Chyna Robinson made her film debut with “Greenwood: 13 Hours,” a short that won 18 awards. “No Ordinary Love” marks her feature debut. In...
Pick of the Day: “The Vow”
“The Vow” is a horror story. The HBO docuseries pulls the curtain back on the NXIVM organization, a headline-making “sex cult” that operated under the guise of a self-help group....
Quote of the Day: Issa Rae Talks Advocating for Herself and Holding the Door Open for Others
Issa Rae is an actress, creator, writer, and producer with three Emmy nominations to her name and a resume that includes “Insecure,” “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “The...
American Black Film Fest 2020 Women Directors: Meet Lineo Sekeleoane – “Zulu Wedding”
Lineo Sekeleoane is an award-winning film and television director and producer. She helmed the short film “My Zulu Promise,” and produced the short “Home Sweet Home” for M-Net...
Weekly Update for August 14: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Represent (Documentary) – Directed by Hillary Bachelder The past few years have seen a record-breaking number of women running for office. Hillary...
Pick of the Day: “Boys State”
There’s much to love about “Boys State,” a Grand Jury Prize winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ doc gives an all-access look into an...
Trailer Watch: Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira Hit the Road in “Unpregnant”
Former BFFs band together in a crisis in “Unpregnant.” “I know we’re not close anymore and I’m the last person that you want to help, but I need your help and I...
Laura Ingalls Wilder Doc in the Works from PBS’ “American Masters”
PBS is paying tribute to the woman who immortalized a little house on the prairie. Timed to coincide with the 85th anniversary of the publication of “Little House on the Prairie,”...
Quote of the Day: Sierra Teller Ornelas Talks Native American Representation on Her New Show
According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, 70 percent of female television characters in the 2018-2019 season were white. Seventeen percent were Black, seven percent were...
Martha Plimpton to Receive Inaugural ChangemakeHER Award at rePRO Film Festival
Martha Plimpton’s longtime championing of reproductive rights will be celebrated at the first rePRO Film Festival, a fest focused on women’s reproductive healthcare, awareness, and...
Magical Empathy: Crowdfunding Picks
By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner This round of crowdfunding picks offers reflections and representations of gender identity, environmentalism in a crumbling world, and how climate change...
Catherine Hardwicke Discusses “Don’t Look Deeper,” “Twilight,” “Thirteen,” & More with the Girls Club
Catherine Hardwicke hardly needs an introduction — she’s been in our lives for a very long time making some great movies, starting with “Thirteen,” and breaking new ground...
Pick of the Day: “Sam Jay: 3 In The Morning”
Sam Jay is comfortable with being uncomfortable. In her new Netflix special, “3 In the Morning,” the comedian — a masculine-presenting Black queer woman — wrestles with hard...
Weekly Update for July 31: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN COMING TO STREAMING/VOD She Dies Tomorrow – Written and Directed by Amy Seimetz After waking up convinced that she is going to die the following day, Amy’s (Kate Lyn...
Mary Mazzio on “A Most Beautiful Thing,” Her Doc About the First African American High School Rowing Team
Mary Mazzio is a documentary filmmaker, former attorney, and Olympic rower. As a filmmaker, Mazzio explores the concept of overcoming obstacles, whether it is a fight for social change (“A Hero...
August 2020 Film Preview
By Shayna Maci Warner and Tatiana McInnis This August, women run the gamut in film: offering laughs, working through breakups, and even fending off killer lions. There are a wealth of VOD and...
“P-Valley” Renewed for Second Season at Starz
Starz is returning to The Pynk. The premium cable network has renewed its new hit drama, “P-Valley,” for Season 2. The sophomore season will feature 10 episodes, as compared to this...
Trailer Watch: Barbara Kopple Revisits a Daring Rescue Mission in “Desert One”
On November 4, 1979, 52 American diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by revolutionary Iranian students at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. It was up to President Jimmy Carter to resolve the crisis...
Weekly Update for July 24: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Yes, God, Yes – Written and Directed by Karen Maine “Yes, God, Yes” Described by writer-director Karen Maine as “a love story between...
Bentonville Film Festival’s Feature Film Showcase Is Over 80 Percent Women-Directed
Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) has announced its 2020 lineup. Now in its sixth edition, the annual film fest is dedicated to celebrating underrepresented voices in film, entertainment, and media....
rePRO Film Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup
rePRO Film Festival has unveiled its inaugural lineup. Dedicated to exploring “women’s reproductive healthcare, awareness, advocacy, and bodily integrity in America,” the five-day...
Trailer Watch: Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz Unpack the State of Our “Immigration Nation”
Directors Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz follow undocumented immigrants and ICE alike in their upcoming Netflix docuseries. A new trailer for “Immigration Nation” shows families...
Sarah Treem Adapting Curtis Sittenfeld’s Hillary Clinton Novel “Rodham” for Hulu
Hulu viewers may soon get to explore a world in which Hillary Rodham never married Bill Clinton. “The Affair” co-creator Sarah Treem is writing and executive producing a drama series...
Naomi McDougall Jones Talks Her Book “The Wrong Kind of Women” and Revolutionizing Hollywood
Earlier this year the Girls Club hosted actress, producer, and author Naomi McDougall Jones to discuss her book, “The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of...
Weekly Update for July 17: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
“Black Lives Matter” FILMS ABOUT WOMEN COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Carmilla – Written and Directed by Emily Harris Fifteen-year-old Lara (Hannah Rae) lives with her father and her...
Leslye Davis & Catrin Einhorn on Exploring the Effects of Military Service in “Father Soldier Son”
Leslye Davis has been a documentarian and photographer at The New York Times since 2012. Her work highlights salient modern conditions, including the American opioid crisis, the proliferation of mass...
Pick of the Day: “Blessed Child”
If, in 2020, you’ve ever even heard of the Moonies — i.e. the followers of the Unification Church, founded by Reverend Sun Myung Moon — it’s probably been as a punchline:...
Oprah Winfrey and Nikole Hannah-Jones Bringing “The 1619 Project” to Film and TV
The “1619 Project” is getting an adaptation — several of them, in fact. Nikole Hannah-Jones’ groundbreaking New York Times magazine issue, which considers American history via...
Anya Adams Talks TV Directing and Winning an NAACP Award for “GLOW”
Anya Adams is an award-winning director who most recently took home the 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for “GLOW.” She won the prize for helming the...
The Kilroys’ 2020 List Honors Cancelled and Postponed Plays by Women, Trans, and Non-Binary Writers
The Kilroys, the feminist collective of playwrights, directors, and producers, has published its annual List. Unlike previous editions, The List 2020 doesn’t feature unproduced plays by women,...
Trailer Watch: “The Go-Go’s” Celebrate Punk Rock and Blazing Trails in New Doc
Nearly four decades after the release of their debut album, The Go-Go’s still have the beat. A new doc chronicles the iconic girl group’s meteoric rise and sees them reteam for their...
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan Are Adapting “Fallout” for Amazon
“Fallout” is coming to the small screen. Deadline reports that “Westworld” creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan are adapting the post-apocalyptic role-playing video games for...
Stefani Robinson to Make Feature Screenwriting Debut with “Black Mozart” Biopic
Stefani Robinson has explored the surreality of the Black experience in contemporary America with “Atlanta,” and gone on wacky adventures with a motley crew of vampires with “What...
Trailer Watch: Romola Garai Inspires Dread with Gothic Horror “Amulet”
“There are many like you, Tomaz, who seek refuge here,” a nun tells a former soldier in a new trailer for Romola Garai’s “Amulet.” The house he’s moving into...
Trailer Watch: Charlize Theron & KiKi Layne Are Mercenaries in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Old Guard”
Charlize Theron is kicking ass again. The “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Atomic Blonde” actress leads a covert group of mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die in “The...
Academy Invites 819 New Members, 45 Percent Are Women and 36 Percent POC
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the organization behind the Oscars, has invited 819 artists and execs from 68 countries to join. A press release announcing the 2020 class...
July 2020 Film Preview
This July offers many new films by and about women to discover on VOD and streaming platforms, and — as some films make their tentative return to cinemas — in movie theaters,...
Weekly Update for June 26: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Read our message on BLM and the protests against racism and anti-Black police brutality. FILMS ABOUT WOMEN COMING TO STREAMING/VOD House of Hummingbird – Written and Directed by Bora Kim Set in...
Eva Husson to Direct “Mothering Sunday,” Olivia Colman and Odessa Young Will Star
Eva Husson is adding to her eclectic filmography. After tackling a racy teen sex drama with “Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)” and a true story about female resistance fighters with...
Daina Reid’s Elisabeth Moss-Starrer “Run Rabbit Run” Goes to STX
Hot off rave reviews and box office success with “The Invisible Man,” Elisabeth Moss has secured worldwide distribution for her next film, “Run Rabbit Run.” STX nabbed rights...
Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions Signs First-Look Deal with HBO Max
Salma Hayek is going into business with HBO Max. A press release announced that her production company, Ventanarosa, has signed a two year first-look deal with the streamer that will see her bringing...