THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Women Filmmakers Helm “Mankiller” Documentary, plus Jolie Pitt, Moon Girl, Dinosaurs in Heels and a New Stats Study – Brandy McDonnell comments

August 17, 2015June 8, 2020 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments angelina jolie, breadwinner, gale ann hurd, jurassic park spoof, mankiller, moon girl, valerie red-horse

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The upcoming PBS documentary “Mankiller,” helmed by Gale Ann Hurd and Valerie Red-Horse, is the heroic life story of the first woman elected chief of the Cherokee Nation. Angelina’s Jolie Pas Productions announces The Breadwinner to be made by women, Marvel makes Moon Girl, Jurassic Park’s dinos in heels, a NY Times stats study and more. Read this week’s The Week In Women>>

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.