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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Disney Does Better, Women’s History Month, Women Influencers and more — Brandy McDonnell Comments

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????????Disney Animation’s Zootopia set records at box office, but the film’s success is about so much more than impressive numbers. With the upcoming release of Captain America: Civil War, there are signs that Disney’s Marvel Studios is finally doing a better job of acknowledging the power of women and girls. The National Film Board of Canada will allot half of its production spending to female-directed films. New roles for Halle Berry, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Amanda Seyfried and lists of 20 women making a difference in Hollywood and movies to watch for Women’s History Month. Read more on 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.