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by Rebecca Martin
November 8, 2023
I’m going to keep my intro brief because I feel filmmaker Michéle Stephenson speaks to the truth of her film “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project,” which she co-directed
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by Rebecca Martin
November 7, 2023
Sometimes you need a film that can wash over you and speak to the elements in your soul by reflecting the world around you. That is what “All Dirt Roads
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by Rebecca Martin
November 6, 2023
Everything that Jaclyn Bethany does has such a depth and poetry to it. I’ve interviewed her about several of her projects, and people whom she’s worked with. Jaclyn has an
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by Rebecca Martin
November 2, 2023
I’ve been fortunate to interview some of the up-and-coming female programmers who have come out of Chicago. Earlier this year, I spoke with Imani Davis, who now is a programmer
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by Rebecca Martin
November 1, 2023
Cinema Femme is going to New Orleans for its 34th annual film festival! This will be the first year in which I will personally be covering the festival for Cinema
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by Rebecca Martin
October 31, 2023
I got a half-step closer to my dream interview with Sofia Coppola. It was not a one-on-one, it was more like one-on-a-hundred, but I got a question in thanks to
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by Rebecca Martin
October 30, 2023
What if we lived in a world where the Blue Man Group wasn’t the only mainstream drummer show in town? What if it was a bunch of bad-ass women playing
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by Rebecca Martin
October 16, 2023
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” –Margaret Atwood During a time when #MeToo was at the front of people’s
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by Rebecca Martin
October 4, 2023
I had the pleasure of meeting Ellie Foumbi as a fellow member of the Narrative Feature jury for the Heartland Film Festival, along with actor and director Joanna Gleason. It
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by Rebecca Martin
September 15, 2023
Like Emma Seligman and “Shiva Baby,” Charlotte Regan is another filmmaker who knocks you out with her feature debut. Charlotte emerges as a director with her feature debut, “Scrapper.” When
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by Rebecca Martin
September 13, 2023
“My poems and songs have no flavor without you.” The above quote comes from my coverage of this past July’s Indy Shorts International Film Festival in Indianapolis. The words were
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by Rebecca Martin
September 8, 2023
Cinema Femme talks to Richa Rudola, Robin Rose Singer, and Lela Meadow-Conner about their film “Cow Heavy And Floral.” Richa directs, and Robin and Lela is producing the short. The
