Maimouna Doucoure – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

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.

Reviews

CUTIES – Review by Lynnette Nicholas

January 28, 2020 Lynnette Nicholas 0 Comments cuties, Fathia Youssouf, Maimouna Doucoure, senegalese films, sundance film festival

Writer-director Maimouna Doucoure’s Cuties candidly and successfully depicts the intersection of budding adolescence, religion, binding generational beliefs, and the courage that it takes to break free from oppressive ideologies that no longer serve the mental and emotional health of women and young girls.