Filmmaker Rebecca MurgaArmy Reserve Capt. Rebecca Murga is a filmmaker on a mission to tell the story of women in the U.S. military’s combat ranks. And Hollywood may be preparing to go into its own battle with the ACLU’s recent petition urging Tinseltown to demand a government investigation into why female directors are underrepresented in film and television, while the Swedish film industry strikes an accord with gender equality. And Andrea Arnold brings American Honey to Oklahoma.Read more in this week’s The Week In Women
Brandy McDonnell is the longtime features writer covering arts and entertainment for The Oklahoman and Oklahoman.com, part of the USA Today Network.
In 2025, she garnered a Rabkin Prize, which recognizes the nation’s top visual arts writers. An approved critic for RottenTomatoes.com, she is a member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle and of the Alliance of Wome\n Film Journalists, for which she writes The Week in Women news blog.