Chaz Ebert – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

Ebertfest 2019: A Glorious Celebration of Cinema – Jennifer Merin reports

April 21, 2019April 22, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments carla renata, Chaz Ebert, ebertfest, Gina Gershon, jennifer tilley, jenny lumet, maja Komorowska, michael barker, Morgan Neville, nate kohn, nell minow, pamela powell, rita corburn whack, Roger Ebert, roger eberts film festival, scott wilson, thrumbs up

Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, aka Ebertfest, is unique in its pure and glorious celebration of cinema. The annual four-day program, which just completed its 21st edition, consists of but a dozen films. Ebertfest is quite compact, as film festivals go. But, this joyful movie event has enormous heart, and it emanates influence and inspires empathy far beyond Champaign, Illinois, the college community in which it makes its home and has found its soulmate.

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SPOTLIGHT April 2019: Chaz Ebert, Filmanthropist and Activist

March 31, 2019April 4, 2019 Nell Minow 0 Comments brian tellerico, Chaz Ebert, ebertfest, gene siskel, matt fagerholm, matt zoller seitz, Roger Ebert, thumbs up, women writers week

The term most often used to describe Chaz Ebert is probably “force of nature.” Most of us come to the world of movies through love of cinematic storytelling, but in her case, it was through love of the most influential movie critic of all time, Roger Ebert. Through her own special brand of film activism, Chaz Ebert consistently champions the work of women in film.

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AWFJ ROUND TABLE: Defining Feminist Film Criticism

March 5, 2019March 13, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments alexandra heller-nicholas, Chaz Ebert, esther iverem, feminist film criticism, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., martha p nochimson, maryann johanson, nell minow, rogerebert.com, roxana hadadi

The term ‘feminism’ and the descriptor ‘feminist film critic’ are in frequent use these days, as the women in film movement stirs debate and demands change in the the movie industry. Women film critics are, like women working in all aspects of the industry, marginalized not only by disparity in employment opportunities, but also in the overall attitude — a lack of seriousness — with which our reviews and commentaries are evaluated. Reputable reports support this assertion with stats, and women film critics feel it in our guts 24365

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FOR WOMEN IN FILM, 2017 PRODUCED A BLOOM OF OPTIMISM ON THE HORIZON — Jennifer Merin comments

March 29, 2018August 14, 2018 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Chaz Ebert, motw, Movie of the Week, rogerebert.com, women in film, women writers week

Annual stats tracking women’s work in the film industry consistently indicate that production gatekeepers are slow to welcome the work

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Ebert Fest 2017 Focuses on Empathy — Sarah Knight Adamson reports

April 30, 2017January 3, 2018 Sarah Knight Adamson 0 Comments Chaz Ebert, ebert fest

The 19th Annual Ebertfest Film Festival, April 19-23, was held at the historic 1,525-seat Virginia Theater and the University of

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Oscars 2017: A Compendium of AWFJ Members’ Views — Jennifer Merin reports

March 5, 2017September 6, 2018 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments awards intelligencer, betsy bozdech, brandy mcdonnell, candice frederick, Chaz Ebert, diana saenger, Erica Abeel, jeanne wolf, karen martin, katherine brodsky, Kimberly Lindbergs, leba hertz, liz braun, Marilyn Ferdinand., michelle mccue, moira sullivan, nell minow, OSCARS 2017, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna

Our goal is to present a compendium of AWFJ members’ perspectives on Oscars 2017. Not surprisingly, the views vary widely

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AWFJ NEWS: New Members for 2016 and AWFJ Movie of the Week Panel

March 7, 2016March 2, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments candice frederick, Chaz Ebert, giulia vallan, nikki baughan, Sandra Kraisirideja, thelma adams

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is delighted to announce that Chaz Ebert, Candice Frederick and Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan have

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My Sundance 2016 Trifecta — Chaz Ebert Comments

February 22, 2016November 11, 2019 Chaz Ebert 0 Comments birth of a nation, Chaz Ebert, heidi ewing, hooligan sparrow, nanfu wang, Nate Parker, norman lear, rachel grady, sundance

When I won a trifecta at the Kentucky Derby, I was hailed as a heroine by my fellow revelers, who were natted out in their finest headgear. They marveled at the ability of anyone to guess three winning horses in a row, and in the correct order. Indeed it was not easy, but I had to admit that dumb luck played a big part.

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, June 30-July 6: LIFE ITSELF

June 30, 2014July 7, 2014 Sandra Kraisirideja (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Chaz Ebert, Life Itself, martin scorsese, Roger Ebert, steve james, Steven Zaillian

Opening July 4, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is Life Itself, filmmaker Steve James’ moving tribute to America’s favorite movie critic, Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winner who became a household name when he and critical colleague Gene Siskel, co-starring on PBS’ Sneak Previews, coined the phrase “Two thumbs up!” Based on Ebert’s eponymous memoir, the documentary recounts Ebert’s life with reverence and deep respect. It’s thumbs up from AWFJ! Read on…