Julie Cohen and Betsy West Talk RBG — Interview by Nell Minow
Shakespeare could have been writing about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when he said, “Though she be but little,
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women filmmakers
CINEMA CITIZEN: Hollywood’s Diversity Controversy Heats Up – Jennifer Merin comments
Indignation about the dearth of opportunity for women filmmakers and inadequate representation of women on screen is reaching fevered pitch,
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SPOTLIGHT December 2015: Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Julie Parker Bonello, Wendy Ettinger and Judith Helfand
Inspired by their core belief in the power of women storytellers, award-winning filmmakers Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger, and Judith Helfand founded Chicken & Egg Pictures in 2005 to create a space where women could learn from one another, test their limits, challenge the status quo, and break new ground as artists and activists. Read more…
Nancy Buirski Talks SIDNEY LUMET, Doc Form and Women in Film — Dana Knight interviews (Exclusive)
Filmmaker Nancy Buirski’s engaging documentary about filmmaker Sidney Lumet premiered at Cannes 2015, where THE FEMALE GAZE frequent contributor Dana
Read moreTHE JENNIFER-PENNY CHRONICLES: MAKING HISSS – Chapter Six – Martha P. Nochimson comments
A SILENT WATCHER is the sixth chapter in an eight part exploration of the failure of the American-East Indian co-production
Read moreAWFJ Presents EDA Awards at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012
AWFJ is honored to have presented two EDA Awards at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012. The first EDA Award declared Debra Zimmerman
Read moreAWFJ Women On Film – Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini on “Tanner Hall” – Jennifer Merin interviews
Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini’s “Tanner Hall” is an engaging girls’ coming of age film independently made by two
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THE HURT LOCKER – Review by Brandy McDonnell
Finally, the battle to bring an effective and engaging Iraq war movie to the screen has been won
Read moreAWFJ Women On Film – Women At Tribeca Film Festival – Katey Rich reports
For movies by, about, or for women, filmgoers at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival had no scarcity of options.
Read more“Frozen River” – Courtney Hunt interviewed by Jennifer Merin (Exclusive)
In writer-director Courtney Hunt’s first feature, “Frozen River,” the two lead characters–both women–begin as rivals who, as mothers, are fighting
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