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by Rebecca Martin
March 16, 2022
For Women’s History Month and Trans Visibility Day approaching on March 31, we bring back our interview from the Chicago International Film Festival in October 2020. We are proud to
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by Rebecca Martin
March 8, 2022
For International Women’s Day, we elevate Ukrainian filmmaker and journalist Elena Rubashevska (Ukrainian/Russian/international translation issues) by sharing our interview. Elena opens up about her journey that began on February 24th,
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by Rebecca Martin
February 25, 2022
It’s doubt, guilt, regret, and insecurities that get murderers caught, but it’s also what stops filmmakers from achieving their path. Gillian Wallace Horvat Do you think you could be a
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Support “Through the Blinds”, an anthology by female filmmakers that aims to close gaps in Hollywood
by Rebecca Martin
February 22, 2022
“Through the Blinds” is a collection of seven intimate stories that take place under one roof – from the birth of the 50’s housewife to today’s career-focused millennial and everything
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by Rebecca Martin
February 18, 2022
I met Oluwaseun, also known as ‘Seun, a couple years ago when I interviewed her about her series “SOJU”. Each episode zeroes in on a different niche of the African
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by Rebecca Martin
February 11, 2022
The surprising horror film “Master” directed by Mariama Diallo debuted at Sundance 2022. I’ve never seen the Black female experience so intimately told in this setting. We are brought into
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by Rebecca Martin
February 7, 2022
Why do I love cinema? One reason is the communal experience. I had so missed being in a theater with a full audience. I love joining my fellow audience members
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by Rebecca Martin
February 2, 2022
Punk, also called punk rock, is an aggressive form of rock music that coalesced into an international (though predominantly Anglo-American) movement in 1975–80. Often politicized and full of vital energy
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by Rebecca Martin
January 28, 2022
Jamie Dack’s directorial feature debut “Palm Trees and Power Lines” is a revelation in the way she cinematically captures the delicate complexity and vulnerability of being a teenage girl, lost
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by Rebecca Martin
January 27, 2022
In 2020, I saw a film that was unlike any I had seen before. It was “La Leyenda Negra”, an official selection in the Sundance 2020 NEXT program, and I
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by Rebecca Martin
January 19, 2022
The Matrix, to me, has always been a symbol for mindfulness, for really seeing the world around you. Ellen Hollman uses this philosophy in life and onscreen. She plays Echo,
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by Rebecca Martin
December 30, 2021
Watching “New Flesh for the Old Ceremony”, the Audience Award-winner for narrative shorts at this year’s Reeling Film Festival, I was pleasantly surprised that it opened with a passionate love
