Interviews
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
“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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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