THE WEEK IN WOMEN News: GIRLS TRIP, Patty Jenkins, Geena Davis and Women Texas Film Fest
The hit comedy “Girls Trip” has crossed the $100 million mark at the box office and broken a couple of records in the process. Patty Jenkins, whose “Wonder Woman” is another of this summer’s box office hits, says she hopes the superhero movie’s success will lead to more job openings for women in and beyond the film industry. Geena Davis returns to big screens in the scifi indie,“Marjorie Prime,” about a woman who helps her mother fight dementia by getting her a hologram of her deceased husband to activate her memory. The Dallas-based Women Texas Film Festival announced its award winners, with Brooke and Doug Purdy’s “Quality Problems” taking home the award for Best Feature Film. Read more on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.