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Katie Boland to Make Feature Directorial Debut with “We’re All In This Together”
“Reign” alumna Katie Boland is stepping behind the camera. The actress is set to make her feature directorial debut with “We’re All In This Together,” a drama that...
Women In Film Hosting CW Variety Special to Benefit Hire Her Back Campaign
Jane Fonda, Rosario Dawson, Alison Brie, and Jennifer Garner are just a few of the entertainers who will perform as part of “Women In Film Presents: Make It Work!,” a one-hour variety...
Trailer Watch: Unjoo Moon Tells Helen Reddy’s Story in “I Am Woman”
Helen Reddy’s roar continues to reverberate. A trailer has arrived for “I Am Woman,” Unjoo Moon’s biopic of the trailblazing superstar. The spot kicks off in 1966 and sees...
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...
Amy Adams to Exec Produce & Star in Netflix Limited Series Revisiting Walmart Class Action Lawsuit
Amy Adams will follow up her Emmy-nominated role as a crime reporter searching for answers in “Sharp Objects” with another portrayal of a woman trying to find justice. The six-time Oscar...
Trailer Watch: Sarah Paulson Revisits the “Cuckoo’s Nest” in “Ratched”
Sarah Paulson’s many collaborations with Ryan Murphy have seen her playing everything from a witch (“American Horror Story: Coven”) and Siamese twins (“American Horror Story:...
Trailer Watch: Michelle Rodriguez Narrates “Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story”
“When they say ‘rolling and action,’ you just do superhuman things,” says one of the characters featured in “Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story.” A new trailer...
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...
Stephanie Allain to Receive 2020 PGA/UCLA Vision Award
The UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television is set to honor Stephanie Allain. The award-winning producer has been named as this year’s recipient of the PGA/UCLA Vision Award, described as...
Trailer Watch: Dawn Porter Turns the Camera on White House Photographer Pete Souza in “The Way I See It”
Acclaimed photojournalist Pete Souza steps in front of the camera for Dawn Porter’s latest documentary. “The Way I See It” offers an intimate look behind the scenes of Barack Obama...
Robin Roberts Extends Partnership with Lifetime, Sets Mahalia Jackson Biopic Starring Danielle Brooks
Following her “Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: Frontline Heroes” hosting gig and her role as executive producer on TV movie “Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley...
Trailer Watch: “A Call to Spy” Shines a Spotlight on Female Spies of WWII
A secret army of spies bands together to undermine the Nazi regime in France in a new trailer for Lydia Dean Pilcher’s “A Call to Spy.” Based on a true story, the WWII-set drama...
Quote of the Day: Lena Waithe Wants Hollywood to Mandate and Enforce Inclusion
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Lena Waithe reiterated some common knowledge about show business’ inner workings — and how it can be especially tough for women and people...
The Writers Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40 Unveils 2020 Class
The Writers Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40 has announced its most inclusive class yet. The annual script development lab has selected 12 participants for its 2020 edition, half of whom identify...
Sydney Sweeney and Annabelle Attanasio Team Up for “The Players Table”
More good news for the cast of “Euphoria.” Less than a week after Zendaya received an Emmy nod for the racy teen drama comes word that her co-star, Sydney Sweeney, has launched a...
Elyse Steinberg on Why “The Fight” Is the Most Important Film She’s Ever Made
Elyse Steinberg directed “The Fight” with Josh Kriegman and Eli B. Despres, her partners at Edgeline Films. The film offers an up-close look at four recent ACLU (American Civil Liberties...
Nambi E. Kelley to Pen Broadway Hopeful “Phenomenal Woman: Maya Angelou”
Nambi E. Kelley is bringing Dr. Maya Angelou’s life story to the stage. The “Xtigone” and “Native Son” playwright has been tapped to write “Phenomenal Woman: Maya...
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...
Teaser Watch: HBO Docuseries “The Vow” Investigates NXIVM
A new 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. A new teaser for “The...
Wanuri Kahiu and Jocelyn Bioh Are Bringing Broadway Musical “Once On This Island” to Disney+
“Rafiki” writer-director Wanuri Kahiu and “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play” scribe Jocelyn Bioh are teaming up on a film adaptation of “Once On This Island.”...
Trailer Watch: Keira Knightley & Gugu Mbatha-Raw Take On the Miss World Competition in “Misbehaviour”
“Why should any woman have to earn her place in the world by looking a particular way?” asks Keira Knightley in a new trailer for “Misbehaviour.” The dramedy is based on a...
Janet Mock to Direct “Scandalous!” Pic About Kim Novak and Sammy Davis Jr.’s Relationship
Janet Mock will return to Old Hollywood with her next project. The “Hollywood” writer-director-producer will reunite with Jeremy Pope, the Netflix series’ newly-Emmy-nominated star,...
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...
Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut “One Night in Miami” Lands at Amazon Studios
Regina King’s feature directorial debut has secured distribution ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Amazon Studios snagged the rights to “One Night in...
Pick of the Day: “The Fight”
Every day of the three-and-a-half years that we have endured the Trump presidency has felt like a fight — a fight for our rights and for the world we want to live in. The lawyers of the ACLU...
Trailer Watch: “Teenage Bounty Hunters” Tackle Bail Skippers and Homework
Sterling (Maddie Phillips) and Blair Wesley (Anjelica Bette Fellini) are determined to become the best bounty hunters in Atlanta, but they’re totally swamped. When they’re not bringing in...
Trailer Watch: Evan Rachel Wood Is a Scammer in Miranda July’s “Kajillionaire”
“We can only ever be how we are,” says Evan Rachel Wood in a new trailer for “Kajillionaire.” Miranda July’s latest sees the Emmy-nominated “Westworld”...
TIFF’s 2020 Feature Lineup Is 46 Percent Women-Directed, Will Close with Mira Nair’s “A Suitable Boy”
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its 2020 feature lineup, and of 50 titles set to screen, 23 are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to 46 percent of the slate....
Tamara Shogaolu to Direct Black Girl Magic-Inspired “Anouschka”
Tamara Shogaolu is celebrating the Black Girl Magic ethos and Black girls around the globe. She’s been tapped to helm “Anouschka,” a mixed reality (XR) film experience for Ado Ato...
Exclusive: Climate Change and Feminism Podcast “Mothers of Invention” Is Back With Season 3 Trailer
“Mothers of Invention” is here to help save the world — or at the very least, provide listeners with “plenty [of content] to clog their racist uncle’s inboxes...
Collective Cameras: VOD and Web Series Picks
By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner This month’s VOD and web series picks showcase the power of community, both in front of and behind the camera. They emphasize the strength and complexity...
Alicia Keys & Yoruba Richen Teaming Up for PBS Doc About Trailblazing Black Female Entertainers
Alicia Keys and Yoruba Richen are joining forces on “How It Feels To Be Free,” an “American Masters” documentary spotlighting six pioneering Black female entertainers. Richen...
WOC Unite and The Bitch Pack Call On Execs and Companies to Join #Startwith8Hollywood Initiative
Social action org and non-profit studio Women of Color Unite (WOCU) and The Bitch Pack, a collective focused on improving representation of women in screenplays, are calling for the entertainment...
Issa Rae and Jordan Peele Team Up for “Sinkhole,” Bidding War Erupts
“Insecure’s” Issa Rae has a hot new project in the works. She’s teaming up with “Get Out” and “Us” writer-director Jordan Peele on...
Olivia Hetreed Is Adapting “Song of the Sun God” for TV
Olivia Hetreed is bringing “Song of the Sun God” to the small screen. The “Girl with the Pearl Earring” scribe has been tapped to adapt Shankari Chandran’s debut novel for...
Civil Rights Leader and Minnesota’s First Black Female Attorney Lena O. Smith Is Getting a Biopic
Lena O. Smith, a civil rights leader and trailblazing lawyer, will soon be getting her own feature film. A biopic about Smith, the first African American woman attorney to be licensed in Minnesota,...
Quiara Alegría Hudes Penning “Life Is a Carnival,” a Latin Music-Infused Warner Bros. Film
Quiara Alegría Hudes has two high-profile projects on the way and just signed on for a third. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is attached to write “Life Is a Carnival,” a Latin...
Oprah Sets New Interview Series at Apple TV+, First Episodes Will Focus on Race in America
Oprah Winfrey is following up the televised town hall special “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” with further discussion about America’s fraught relationship with race....
Emmy Nominations: Regina King, Zendaya, Lynn Shelton, and More
The Emmy Awards are looking less pale and male than years past. Nominations were just announced, and we’re heartened to see a more inclusive roster being recognized. Sadly, it’s not at...
Teaser Watch: Megan Rapinoe Opens a Dialogue with Change-Makers in “Seeing America”
One of soccer’s biggest stars is looking to shape the cultural conversation. “Is there an opportunity to shift our country?” asks Megan Rapinoe in a new teaser for “Seeing...
Venice Film Festival’s 2020 Competition Lineup Marks Historic High for Women Directors
Venice Film Festival is finally getting with the times. After years of programming dominated by men, this year’s main Competition lineup features an encouraging number of women directors. The...
“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: Drumline Members Honor Their Culture, Ancestors, & Community in “River City Drumbeat”
Thirty years ago, Edward “Nardie” White and Zambia Nkrumah formed a Black drum corps in Louisville, Kentucky, with the aim of teaching West Louisville youth about music, art, and their...
Joanna Hogg, Veronika Franz, and More Join Cate Blanchett on Venice Film Fest’s Main Jury
Filmmakers Joanna Hogg (“The Souvenir”) and Veronika Franz (“The Lodge”) and actress Ludivine Sagnier (“The New Pope”) will be joining Cate Blanchett at the 2020 Venice Film...
Liz Garbus & Lisa Cortés’ Voter Suppression Doc “All In: The Fight for Democracy” Gets Release Date
Today in much-needed good news: Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés’ “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” a documentary investigating voter suppression in the United States, will be released...
Teaser Watch: Gillian Flynn and Sasha Lane Bring “Utopia” Stateside
Sasha Lane makes her small screen debut with “Utopia.” The “American Honey” breakout is teaming up with “Gone Girl” author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn on the...
Chloé Zhao’s Frances McDormand-Starrer “Nomadland” to Make World Premiere at Venice and TIFF
Frances McDormand last appeared on the big screen in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” a revenge drama that won her a Best Actress Oscar. Her latest pic could land her back on...
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...
Absence on Both Sides of the Camera: Crowdfunding Picks
By Shayna Maci Warner and Tatiana McInnis For many marginalized storytellers, the absences of their identities within the Hollywood canon can only be combatted by creating independent content....