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Guest Post: How I Found Balance and Flexibility as a Working Mom in Film and Animation
By Sherene Strausberg My first film, “Cool For You,” has been accepted into 39 film festivals and received multiple awards, including a Silver Anthem Award last month. As an independent filmmaker...
Pick of the Day: “To the End”
“Some of us have to actually live the future that you all are setting on fire,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns the fossil fuel execs testifying before Congress in Rachel Lears’ “To...
Trailer Watch: Rachel Lears Reunites with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for “To the End”
“Fighting for change politically requires faith,” says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a new trailer for “To the End.” Rachel Lears’ follow-up to “Knock Down the...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Becky Hutner – “Fashion Reimagined”
Becky Hutner is a Toronto-born filmmaker living in coastal England. Her filmmaking journey includes five years in London creating short-form work in the fashion and culture space for DUCK...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Rachel Lears – “To the End”
Rachel Lears is a documentary director, producer, and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Rachel’s most recent feature documentary, Netflix’s “Knock Down the House,” won...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Holly Morris – “Exposure”
For two decades Holly Morris has told, and championed, pro-woman, cross-cultural stories on the global stage. She is an internationally known filmmaker, author, and presenter. Her last feature film,...
Lucy Walker Wildfire Doc “Bring Your Own Brigade” Gets a Release Date
Lucy Walker’s latest has found a home. A press release announced that CBSN snagged rights to “Bring Your Own Brigade,” the two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s look inside the...
Pick of the Day: “I Am Greta”
Greta Thunberg never expected to become a household name helping to lead the charge on climate activism. Her life, she explains in “I Am Greta,” now seems like a movie or dream,...
Trailer Watch: “I Am Greta” Follows Greta Thunberg’s Epic Journey
“For many years, people refused to listen to me,” says Greta Thunberg in a new trailer for “I Am Greta.” The spot kicks off with footage of Thunberg’s one-person school...
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...
Greta Thunberg Doc in the Works at Hulu
Hulu is paying tribute to Time’s 2019 Person of the Year. The streamer will premiere an original doc about climate activist Greta Thunberg in 2020, Deadline reports. Tentatively titled...
Hot Docs 2019 Women Directors: Meet Shannon Walsh – “Illusions of Control”
Shannon Walsh has written and directed four award-winning feature documentaries, as well as multiple shorts and 360 VR projects. Her work has been released theatrically in Canada, the UK, and South...
Emma Thompson Will Topline Environmental Activism Short “Extinction”
Not only is Emma Thompson a supporter of environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion in real life, she’ll be playing one in a satirical short film, too. The two-time Oscar winner is set...
SXSW 2019 Women Directors: Meet Brett Story – “The Hottest August”
Brett Story is an award-winning nonfiction filmmaker. Her 2016 feature documentary “The Prison in Twelve Landscapes” won the Special Jury Prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary...
Bonni Cohen on Why “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” Gives Viewers A Bucket of Hope
Bonni Cohen is an award-winning producer and director. She co-directed “Audrie & Daisy,” which premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up as a Netflix...
Cannes 2017 Women Directors: Meet Bonni Cohen — “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”
Bonni Cohen is an award-winning producer and director. She co-directed “Audrie & Daisy,” which premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up as a Netflix...