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Under the Radar: The “Mind Your Uterus” Podcast Looks Beyond Stereotypes to Destigmatize Abortion

Abortion is “so much more complicated than the stereotypes.” This sentiment, expressed by 2+ Abortions Worldwide founder Karen Thurston in the first episode of “Mind Your...

Rojek

Interviews

Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Meet Zaynê Akyol – “Rojek”

Zaynê Akyol’s first feature documentary, “Gulîstan, Land of Roses,” was selected by 80 international film festivals, earning 50 nominations and winning 12 awards, including the...

Still-Working-9-to-5-Rita-Moreno

Interviews

SXSW 2022 Women Directors: Meet Camille Hardman – “Still Working 9 to 5”

Camille Hardman has produced documentaries and reality TV series in both her native Australia and Los Angeles. She started in TV in Sydney over 15 years ago, making animal and travel documentaries...

"When The Sun Sets," written and directed by Phumi Morare

Features

Endurance Through Adversity: Short Film VOD Picks Honoring Black History Month

As yet another February rolls around, Black media consumers are faced with a choice: Fully embrace the content strategy efforts of major brands in both traditional and social media, or offer those...

News

Women Make Movies Virtually Screening “Voices of Afghan Women” Collection for Free Through End of August

As the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan and the Taliban continues to seize power, one of the many looming humanitarian crises involves what the future will hold for Afghan women. The Taliban has...

Interviews

Sara Wolitzky on Exploring “Reawakened Feminist Energy and Organizing” in “Not Done: Women Remaking America”

Sara Wolitzky is a documentary filmmaker. In 2012, she helped launch the multi-platform documentary series MAKERS, which chronicles the U.S. and global women’s movement and the stories of hundreds...

Films

Hanaa Edwar Documentary in the Works from Actress Zahraa Ghandour

As we previously reported, the 2019 Locarno Film Festival kicked off last week with Ginevra Elkann’s feature directorial debut “Magari.” This week’s festival screenings include...

News

Disney and Netflix Speak Out Against Georgia’s New Abortion Law

A growing number of actors, directors, and producers have spoken out against Georgia’s new anti-abortion law, but most studios have remained conspicuously silent. Rather than shying away from...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: College Activists Help Women Find Underground Abortion Services in “Ask for Jane”

Set in 1969, just a few years before the Supreme Court’s game-changing 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, “Ask for Jane” sees college students fighting to offer women autonomy over their own...

Interviews

Hot Docs 2019 Women Directors: Meet Marwa Zein – “Khartoum Offside”

Marwa Zein is a Sudanese film director and producer. Her graduation project, “A game,” was an official selection of more than 30 international festivals worldwide and was translated into five...

News

Niki Caro, Haifaa Al-Mansour, and More to Attend New Zealand’s Power of Inclusion Summit

Women in Film and Television International and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) are tackling inclusion in the film industry. With support from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and...

News

“Honor Diaries” Producer Paula Kweskin Fighting for Women’s Rights with New Film Fest

Filmmaker and human rights attorney Paula Kweskin responded to the censorship of her film “Honor Diaries,” a doc about gendered “honor violence,” by starting the Censored...

Features

Quote of the Day: Rachel Brosnahan on Why “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Resonates Today

It’s tempting to look at the world of the ’50s-set “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and tell ourselves that the world is a different place for women now. It is and it isn’t....

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

Tribeca 2017 Women Directors: Meet Petra Volpe — “The Divine Order”

Petra Volpe’s feature debut, “Dreamland,” was nominated for four Swiss film awards and played both the festival and theatrical circuit. “The Divine Order” will premiere at the 2017 Tribeca...

Films, News, Television

Victoria Woodhull Series Is First Project from Suzanne Blech’s New Production Co.

A television series about suffragette and first female U.S. presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull will be the first project from Suzanne Blech’s just-launched Go Nellie Productions, Deadline...

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