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“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...
Trailer Watch: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Prepares to “Knock Down the House”
“If I was a rational person, I would have dropped out of this race a long time ago,” says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a newly released trailer for “Knock Down the House.”...
Teaser Watch: Jennifer Siebel Newsom Tackles Income Inequality in “The Great American Lie”
“When the family you’re born into [and] the zip code where you’re born determines your destiny, that tears at the fabric of The American Dream,” says one of the characters...
Trailer Watch: Steve Bannon Will Do Anything to Win in Alison Klayman’s “The Brink”
According to Steve Bannon, he’s the one responsible for Donald Trump being named the 45th President of the United States. “If I had not come in as CEO of the campaign Trump would not have...
Trailer Watch: Selina Meyer Makes One Last Presidential Bid in “Veep’s” Final Season
Selina Meyer has set her sights on the Oval Office once again in “Veep’s” seventh and final season. The former senator, VP, and prez (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) wants to lead the American...
From Dialogue to Action: Crowdfunding Picks
The question of turning dialogue into action is not a new one, particularly in an age where the internet allows millions of people around the world to participate in conversations about issues such...
Women in Politics Doc “Knock Down the House” Nabs Record Sundance Deal, Wins Fest Fave Award
We already knew “Knock Down the House” was one of Sundance 2019’s biggest winners. Rachel Lears’ documentary about four working-class, progressive women running for Congress...
Social Media Campaign Examines Gender Rep in Hollywood and U.S. Senate “Then and Now”
The U.S. Senate is far from achieving gender equality: just 25 percent of senators are women. Yet it’s a progressive haven for women compared to Hollywood, as a new social media campaign...
Sundance: “Knock Down the House,” “Them That Follow,” and More Land Distribution
Sundance doesn’t just present filmmakers with the opportunity to have their films seen — the fest is also a great place to have your work seen by someone who wants to buy it. Gurinder...
Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Cristina Ibarra – “The Infiltrators”
Cristina Ibarra has been making award-winning films that explore the U.S.-Mexico border for the past 16 years. Her PBS-broadcast documentary “Las Marthas” premiered on “Independent...
Trailer Watch: Gina Torres Enters the World of Politics in “Suits” Spinoff “Pearson”
Gina Torres lost her passion for the law, and was disbarred, in “Suits,” but it looks like she’s found a new calling in the series’ upcoming spinoff. USA Network has dropped a...
Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Petra Costa – “The Edge of Democracy”
Petra Costa is a Brazilian filmmaker whose work encompasses both fiction and nonfiction. Her first film, “Elena,” premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Her...
Chinonye Chukwu to Direct Female-Led Black Panther Drama “A Taste of Power”
Chinonye Chukwu is having a dynamite week. She just premiered her latest film, “Clemency,” at Sundance over the weekend — where it received a standing ovation — and now word...
Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Janice Engel – “Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins”
Janice Engel is an award-winning filmmaker and showrunner. Engel has made numerous documentaries, non-fiction television specials, and series including “Jackson Browne: Going Home,”...
Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me” Heading to Broadway
Is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history getting you down? Well, here’s some encouraging (no, really!) civics-related news for you: Heidi Schreck’s play “What the...
Viola Davis to Topline and Produce Shirley Chisholm Biopic, Maggie Betts Directing
Viola Davis has lined up her first project under her recent Amazon deal. The Oscar winner will portray the titular pioneering politician in “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm,” Deadline...
DOC NYC 2018 Preview: Immigration, Trans Rights, Ursula K. Le Guin, and More
DOC NYC kicks off on Thursday, and will have tons of women-centric and women-directed offerings. We’ve put together a few of the titles that have piqued our interest — just a few. This...
Trailer Watch: Alexandra Pelosi Travels to Middle America in “Outside the Bubble”
Alexandra Pelosi is bursting her own bubble. “I may live in liberal America, but I know that this is not the only America,” the director explains in a trailer for her upcoming HBO...
Trailer Watch: “House of Cards” Season 6 Sees Mutiny in Claire Underwood’s Administration
Being the first woman president of the United States was never going to be easy. But, as Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) can attest in the trailer for “House of Cards'” sixth and final...
Trailer Watch: No One’s Telling Prez Claire Underwood What to Do in “House of Cards” Season 6
Claire Underwood isn’t pulling any punches in the final season of “House of Cards” — which is pretty much par for the course. A trailer for Season 6 has dropped and sees the...
Amy Chozick’s 2016 Election Memoir “Chasing Hillary” Getting Series Treatment at Warner Bros.
Nearly two years later, it’s still hard to process what exactly happened on November 8, 2016 — and how Hillary Clinton lost the election. Journalist Amy Chozick has already shed some...
Teaser Watch: “Chewing Gum’s” Michaela Coel Confronts War Crimes in “Black Earth Rising”
“Chewing Gum” creator and star Michaela Coel is showing off her dramatic chops in a new teaser for “Black Earth Rising.” The eight-part BBC Two series sees the BAFTA winner...
Archie Panjabi Legal Drama Lands at NBC
It’s been years since Archie Panjabi left Lockhart/Gardner behind, but she’s returning to the legal biz. The Emmy-winning “Good Wife” alumna will topline...
Hillary Clinton to Exec Produce Women’s Suffrage TV Drama
Hillary Clinton is bringing her passion for women’s rights to television. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the woman we wish were president will make her executive producing debut with a TV...
Quote of the Day: Playwright Young Jean Lee on Identity Politics and Privilege
In a recent New York Times profile, South Korean-born playwright Young Jean Lee emphasized, “Identity politics saved my life.” It’s what got her through coming of age in Pullman,...
Guest Post: When I Stopped Asking for Permission and Started Giving It
Guest Post by Katy-May Hudson It’s mid-2016. I’m an experimental artist writing, performing, and creating new work, mostly with the NY Neo Futurists. We have a normal president in the White House...
“Legally Blonde 3” in the Works with Reese Witherspoon
Could Elle Woods be heading to the Oval Office? Reese Witherspoon is nearing a deal with MGM to reprise her role as a sorority president-turned-lawyer for “Legally Blonde 3.” The writers...
Political Drama Inspired by Barbara Boxer in the Works at FX
Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler are bringing another female leader’s story to the small screen. The PatMa Productions founders already have limited series about Israeli Prime Minister Golda...
Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro Couple Up in Netflix White House Comedy “First Ladies”
Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro are moving into the White House — on Netflix, anyway. The pair are set to star in “First Ladies” for the streamer, Deadline reports. The comedy...
Trailer Watch: A Journalist Follows the “Dark Money” in Kimberly Reed’s New Doc
“You know, the number one rule of political or watchdog reporting is, ‘follow the money,'” journalist John Adams says in the trailer for “Dark Money.” The reporter, who...
Why Disney’s “Mulan” Still Matters
There’s a lot to discuss now that the Republican National Convention is in the rear view. We could talk neo-fascism, plagiarism, party mutiny, or the terrifying new levels of racism. Personally,...
Director Laura Poitras Is at the Center of the Biggest Political Story of the Year
Unless you live under a rock you know that one of the biggest, if not the biggest, political stories this year is the release of classified documents by Edward Snowden about the US government and...
Political Women on the Small Screen: Barbara Hall’s Secretary of State TV Show and Hillary Clinton Miniseries Update
CBS is working with Barbara Hall, co-executive producer of Homeland, on a series about a female secretary of state. Entitled Madame Secretary, the series will follow a female secretary of state as...
Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires Anita Hill Documentary
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the U.S. rights to Anita, the documentary about Anita Hill. Directed by Freida Mock, Anita follows the life of Anita Hill–looking at her experiences...
How Pop Culture Can Enhance Our View of Hillary Clinton
It’s no real surprise that the moment NBC announced that it had ordered a fictionalized mini-series about Hillary Clinton written by Courtney Hunt and starring Diane Lane, and CNN...
The Hillary Clinton TV Panic – Part One
It’s summer and everyone is sick of talking about Anthony Weiner and his sexting, so now there is another controversy to discuss — the impending Hillary Clinton media TV projects on both...
Kristin Chenoweth Gives it to Anthony Weiner
This is what we have to deal with for the next month here in NYC. I hope we make it. It is just awful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgAjzlwClBw
Pussy Riot are Back with New Video
The ladies of Pussy Riot are back with a new video “Like a Red Prison.” The video is the first in over a year, since their anti-Putin protest which led to three of the members being...
Hollywood Women Stand With the Women of Texas
Since Wendy Davis’ epic 13 hour filibuster last week, female celebrities like Lena Dunham and others tweeted their support for the Texas Senator. Yesterday, a rally was held that coincided with...
Happy Friday: Be Bro-Choice with Sarah Silverman
This week has been a huge news week for women’s reproductive rights. From the very good– Wendy Davis standing up and being a hero for women everywhere. To the very bad–Rick Perry...
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose: We Stand With Wendy Davis
While there’s much discussion about the lack of female superhero movies in Hollywood, a real life one emerged yesterday. Texas State Senator Wendy Davis was set to go through a 13 hour long...
Borgen Season Two DVD Now Available Here in the US – Win a Copy
Next week when I head to London one of the things I am going to do is try and find a copy of the 3rd season of Borgen. It’s already played in Europe and I must find it. That’s...
Women Directed and Centric Films Playing at Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival kicks off on June 13th with a great line up of women directed and centric films. Held in New York, the festival will be showing 18 documentaries and two fictional...
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Premieres Tonight on HBO
If one had any doubts about the vibrancy of international feminism today, one need only watch the new documentary Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer which premieres tonight on HBO to have those doubts fully...
Jessica Chastain, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon Being Considered for ‘Rodham’
As expected some of the most talented women in Hollywood are being considered to play Hillary Clinton in the upcoming Rodham. Jessica Chastain, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Amanda...
A Feminist Analysis of Rodham – the Feature Film About Young Hillary Clinton
The script Rodham by Young Il Kim has been one of the scripts on the recent Blacklist — it came in 4th — that has made significant buzz before it even starts production. While...
Watch This: The Invisible War on PBS
Make sure to watch The Invisible War airing on PBS tonight at 10pm. It’s an extremely important film that examines the rape epidemic within the U.S. military. With the increase in the sexual...
A Dude to Direct Hillary Clinton Biopic
As we previously reported, a biopic about everyone’s favorite lady and potential presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the works. The Black List scripted penned by Young II Kim...
Trailer Watch: Shadow Dancer – Starring Andrea Riseborough
Shadow Dancer stars Andrea Riseborough as a woman who is arrested in a failed bombing attempt in London. She’s a member of a family of IRA fighters circa the 1990s. After threats...
Meryl on Margaret
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died yesterday. To say that she was a controversial figure is a huge understatement. On top of all the discussions about her work as Prime...
Thank you Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters may be leaving our television screens next year. The legendary television personality is reportedly retiring in 2014, and leaving her co-created show, The View after co-hosting it for...