#Law
Trailer Watch: Attorney Ben Crump Takes on a Racist Justice System in Nadia Hallgren’s “Civil”
“America’s a capitalistic society. The one thing that America understands is money. If you can make them pay higher values, they will stop killing Black people. It would be an...
Teaser Watch: Betsy West & Julie Cohen Honor a Trailblazer in “My Name Is Pauli Murray”
“You cannot teach American history without teaching about Pauli Murray,” we’re told in a new teaser for “My Name Is Pauli Murray.” Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s...
Trailer Watch: FBI Agent Clarice Starling Comes Out of Hiding and Hunts More Monsters in “Clarice”
“You are a woman with a very public reputation for hunting monsters,” FBI Agent Clarice Starling is told in a new trailer for “Clarice.” Set in 1993, one year after the events...
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: A Jewish-Israeli Human Rights Lawyer Is an “Advocate” for Her Palestinian Clients
Lea Tsemel is, in her own words, “a very angry optimistic woman.” A new trailer for “Advocate” sees the controversial Jewish-Israeli human rights lawyer reflecting on her...
Gretchen Carlson Teams Up with Fellow Fox News Plaintiffs to End Mandatory NDAs
Gretchen Carlson is working to ban mandatory Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), confidentiality contracts that protect high-profile predators and the companies who hired them, while preventing victims...
“The Good Fight” Renewed for Season 4 at CBS All Access
Diane Lockhart, Lucca Quinn, Maia Rindell, and Liz Reddick-Lawrence will keep up “The Good Fight” for at least another season. Per Variety, CBS All Access has renewed the “Good...
Athena Film Fest’s 2019 Awardees: Nina Shaw, Desiree Akhavan, & Cameron Bailey
The Athena Film Festival has announced its 2019 awardees. The ninth edition of the fest will honor Time’s Up founding member Nina Shaw, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”...
Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Rachel Leah Jones – “Advocate”
Rachel Leah Jones is a critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker and producer whose work focuses on Israel and Palestine. Her directing credits include “500 Dunam on the Moon,”...
Trailer Watch: Michelle Monaghan Fights for Asylum Seekers in “Saint Judy”
Michelle Monaghan is giving her all to make America great in a new trailer for “Saint Judy.” Based on real events, the drama tells the story of U.S. immigration attorney Judy Wood, who...
“Grown-ish’s” Francia Raisa Bringing Landmark Desegregation Case to the Big Screen
Another film about a game-changing court case may soon be joining the ranks of “On the Basis of Sex” and “Loving.” According to Variety, “Grown-ish”...
Trailer Watch: RBG Uses Her Anger to Reform the Law in “On the Basis of Sex”
“One interviewer told me they hired a woman last year and what in the world would they want with two of us?” an exasperated young Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) tells a mentor in...
New California Law Requires Talent Agencies to Address Sexual Harassment
Yet another major step has been taken to help ensure that #TimesUp on Hollywood’s sexist culture: a new law requiring talent agencies to “provide educational materials on sexual...
Trailer Watch: Hilary Swank Is Determined to Help Helena Bonham Carter in “55 Steps”
“Nobody knows more about what that medicine does to me than I do,” psychiatric facility patient Eleanor Riese (Helena Bonham Carter) informs her lawyer, Colette Hughes, about her...
Zelda Perkins Testifies About Weinstein NDA Before Parliamentary Committee
Women and Hollywood Trailblazer awardee Zelda Perkins spoke out about Harvey Weinstein’s use of non-disclosure agreements — aka his way of making sure his victims and employees could not...
Biopic About First Woman to Win Workplace Harassment Suit in the Works
Sandra Bundy, the first woman to win a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit in the historic Bundy v. Jackson, is getting her own film. Deadline reports that Adaptive Studios and EnLight Productions...
Rebel Wilson Receives Record Settlement in Defamation Lawsuit
Rebel Wilson won a landmark sum in her lawsuit against Bauer Media, the publisher behind Woman’s Day and the Australian Women’s Weekly. Wilson, who had brought a libel case against Bauer,...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Erika Cohn — “The Judge”
Erika Cohn is a director who has received numerous accolades for her work, including a Director’s Guild of America award for her film, “When the Voices Fade,” a narrative profile of the...
Michelle Monaghan to Play Immigration Attorney Judy Wood in “Saint Judy”
Michelle Monaghan may be stepping into the courtroom. The Golden Globe-nominated actress is in negotiations to star in “Saint Judy,” a biopic about LA immigration attorney Judy Wood, Deadline...
Gina Torres May Star in “Suits” Spinoff
Gina Torres hasn’t said goodbye to the “Suits” universe just yet. Deadline reports that the “Alias” actress is in “early talks” with USA Network for a spinoff series centered on her...