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WEEK IN WOMEN: Gotham Awards Best Feature Noms All from Women Directors – Brandy McDonnell reports

November 10, 2020November 15, 2020 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments a thousand cuts, chloe zhao, cuties, eliza hittman, first cow, gotham awards, independent film project, Kelly Reichardt, Maimouna Doucoure, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, nomadland, radha blank, ramona s diaz, relic

The Independent Filmmaker Project has announced the nominees for the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards, and this is the first time that all five nominated films in the best feature category are from women directors: The Assistant from Kitty Green, First Cow from Kelly Reichardt, Never Rarely Sometimes Always from Eliza Hittman, Nomadland from Chloé Zhao and Relic from Natalie Erika James.

Movie of the Week Reviews

MOVIE OF THE WEEK August 7, 2020: A THOUSAND CUTS

August 1, 2020August 6, 2020 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments a thousand cuts, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, documentaries, jennifer merin, kathia woods, leslie combemale, maria ressa, marina antunes, maryann johanson, Pam Grady, philippines, ramona s diaz

So timely that it includes scenes filmed just a few weeks ago that show people wearing masks against the coronavirus, Ramona S. Diaz’s documentary A Thousand Cuts is a passionate call to arms. Centered on persistent, feisty Filipina journalist Maria Ressa and her fearless pursuit of the truth behind the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal, extrajudicial war on drugs, it will resonate with anyone who cares about preventing authoritarian attacks on the freedom of the press.

Reviews

A THOUSAND CUTS – Review by Cate Marquis

July 27, 2020August 2, 2020 Cate Marquis 0 Comments a thousand cuts, documentary, maria ressa, motw, Movie of the Week, philippines, ramona s diaz, rappler, rodrigo duterte

In this documentary, journalist Maria Ressa reports on a corrupt Philippines political scenario that’s strikingly familiar, but the moment that may cause chills to run down your spine the expose that Cambridge Analytical used the Philippines as a testing ground for social media propaganda and then ported the technique to the US.