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New Trailer for Wish Me Away: Directed by Beverly Kopf & Bobbie Birleffi
This will open in theatres in the summer but New Yorkers can catch it at the Athena Film Festival on February 11. Details here.
Sundance 2012: Interview With Aurora Gurerrero Director of Mosquita Y Mari
Aurora Guerrero debuted her feature film ‘Mosquita Y Mari’ at Sundance 2012 and I had a chance to talk to her near the end of a hectic but exciting festival. She shared the secret of her $80,000...
Cross-Post: 20 Years of Black Lesbian Cinema Before Pariah
Dee Rees’ debut film, Pariah, has rightfully been celebrated for its tender coming-out and coming-of-age story of a shy yet sexually curious 17-year-old African-American girl, Alike (Adepero...
Love and Risk in Iran: Circumstance Written and Directed by Maryam Keshavarz
Here is a piece I wrote on Circumstance written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz for the Human Right Campaign’s Equality Magazine, for their Summer 2011 Issue. Making an independent film is always...
NewFest Crowns Winners
NewFest wrapped up at the end of last week and female directors got a bunch of surprises. Circumstance written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz was awarded the best film. The film opens August 26th....
Interview with Bobbie Birleffi and and Beverly Kopf: Directors of Wish Me Away
Wish Me Away is the incredibly moving coming out story of country music star Chely Wright. When I read a little over a year ago that Wright had come out my first reaction was “so what”. After you...
Trailer Watch: Wish Me Away — directed by Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf
This doc about country star Chely Wright premieres at the LA Film Festival on Monday- June 20 “Wish Me Away is the poignant story of Chely Wright, the first country music star to ever come out as...
Save the Date: The Topp Twins are Coming to NYC on May 13 for a Q and A with Me!
One of my favorite films from the Athena Film Festival which I produced last February was The Topp Twins. As I say to everyone on paper this film sounds too way out to work. It’s about lesbian...
Maren Kroymann — The German Meryl Streep
I got a bit of an inkling about how popular my fellow jury member Maren Kroymann was here in Germany, when at the opening night party a couple of people circled her, pointed their fingers and stared....
Cross-Post: On TV, The Lesbians Are All Right… As Long As They’re Pregnant by Trish Bendix
Originally posted on Alternet This week, NBC announced it was working with ex-“Will & Grace” executive producer Jhoni Marchinko on a new half-hour sitcom called “I Hate That I Love You.“...
A Look at the Oscar Nominations
I held my breath this morning as the best picture nominations were read. It wasn’t until I heard the 10th, the one that named Winter’s Bone as a nominee that I was finally able to exhale. If I...
Sundance Women’s News — Pariah Premieres
First up on opening night was the coming of age story Pariah written and directed by Dee Rees. Here’s the description: “A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship,...
Leave Ellen Page Alone!
NY Mag’s Vulture (which by the way has some of the most provocative and great reporting about pop culture) pissed me off earlier this week with their piece on Ellen Page’s “asexual” wardrobe...