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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...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: ACLU Attorneys Continue “The Fight” Against Injustice

“If I’m not going to be a civil rights lawyer right now, in this moment, when?” asks one of the characters featured in “The Fight.” A trailer for the upcoming doc about...

Films

Sundance: ACLU Doc “The Fight” Goes to Magnolia Pictures, Elyse Steinberg Co-Directs

Another woman-directed film has secured distribution out of Sundance. “The Fight,” from Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres, has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures in “a...

Features

Watch: Busy Philipps and ACLU Fight Back Against Abortion Bans with #YouKnowMe Campaign

Busy Philipps and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are putting a human face on an issue that is being unjustly politicized — one that, unsurprisingly, affects women, women of color,...

News

ACLU and “On the Basis of Sex” Team Up for “All Rise” Workplace Equality Campaign

Mimi Leder’s “On the Basis of Sex” traces Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work in a landmark gender discrimination case. The events depicted in the biopic changed the world. And now the...

Features

New ACLU Web Series Spotlights What It’s Like to Be “Trans in America”

As the Trump administration continues to dehumanize transgender citizens, strip them of their rights, and dictate their identities, the ACLU and Little by Little Films are fighting back with a new...

Films, News, Television

ACLU Supports NY Film and TV Diversity Bill

The ACLU is putting pressure on New York legislators to pass a bill that would make the state the first to grant financial incentives to TV shows that hire women and minority writers and directors,...

Features, News, Women Directors

The Most Epic Feminist Moments of 2015

2015 marked a gender quake in the film and TV worlds. The conversation surrounding women in Hollywood — both those working onscreen and behind the scenes — is in a very different place...

News, Women Directors

5 Takeaways From the ACLU’s Melissa Goodman on the Gender-Discrimination Investigation

Melissa Goodman, the director of the LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project at the ACLU of Southern California, recently spoke with Variety about the dearth of opportunities for women...

News, Videos

Watch: ‘SNL’ Star Sasheer Zamata Becomes ACLU Celebrity Ambassador, Talks Women’s Rights

Actress and comedian Sasheer Zamata has been named a celebrity ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Zamata’s title will see the “Saturday Night Live” featured player...

Features, News, Women Directors

Take Part in the EEOC’s Investigation into Industry-Wide Discrimination Against Women Directors

Last May, The New York Times published a15-page letter from the ACLU to the EEOC and two California state agenciesurging them to investigate Hollywood for sex discrimination against...

News, Women Directors

Prompted by ACLU, EEOC Begins Investigation into Gender Discrimination in Hollywood

Back in May, we reported that the ACLU had sent a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requesting that the agency look into the systemic discrimination against women...

News, Women Directors

ACLU to Meet With Government Agencies to Discuss Bias Against Women Directors

Here’s some progress: The ACLU has announced that it will meet next month with the three government agencies it asked to investigate gender discrimination in the film and TV industries. Melissa...

Features, News, Women Directors

1700 People Have Signed the ACLU Petition. Have You?

Less than a month ago, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched a petition with the hopes of gaining more support and momentum in the struggle to end the industry’s gender-biased hiring...

Features, News, Women Directors

Read: The ACLU’s Letter to the EEOC Citing Employment Discrimination Against Women Directors

Two weeks ago, the ACLU sent letters to three government agencies requesting an investigation into the gender-based discrimination against women directors in the film and TV industries. The...

News, Women Directors

Stand for #FilmEquality and Sign the ACLU’s Petition on Behalf of Women Directors

The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a petition with the hopes of gaining more support and momentum in the struggle to put an end to the industry’s gender-biased hiring practices. Last...

Features, News, Women Directors

Quote of the Day: Gina Prince-Bythewood Supports ACLU Action, Declares “Talent Has No Gender”

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Beyond the Lights,” “The Secret Life of Bees”) has released a statement voicing her support of the ACLU’s request for the government to investigate sexist...

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