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by Rebecca Martin
January 2, 2021
Feature posted November 2019, bringing our feature back for Dolly Parton’s birthday! Before #MeToo there was “9 to 5.” It wasn’t a hashtag, but it was a movement nonetheless. Dolly
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by Rebecca Martin
December 18, 2020
This year, two people from True Crime novels came to our Cinema Femme pages because of the way their story struck me. Earlier this year, I spoke with Nancy Miller
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by Rebecca Martin
December 13, 2020
Because of the pandemic, and the closing of theaters, this was a year for great cinema, especially for those underrepresented onscreen. Blockbuster films took a backseat to indie gems. My
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by Rebecca Martin
December 13, 2020
Because of the pandemic, and the closing of theaters, this was a year for great cinema, especially for those underrepresented onscreen. Blockbuster films took a backseat to indie gems. My
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by Rebecca Martin
December 8, 2020
I burned it all up, I burned it up until nothing was left, but the fire. And then in Eddie came with the baby. Jean, “I’m Your Woman” Attending Sundance
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by Rebecca Martin
December 7, 2020
NOW STREAMING Sundance Interview from February 4, 2020. What I love the most about dreams is that they can take you into worlds that you’ve never visited, introduce you to
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by Rebecca Martin
December 4, 2020
Kyra Jones is a force bubbling up in the industry. Her directorial debut “Go to the Body” (which is aiming for a 2023 release), has been winning pitch after pitch
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by Rebecca Martin
November 26, 2020
We featured this interview on July 1st, 2020 before John Lewis passed. Dawn Porter won Mind the Gap (California Film Institute and Mill Valley Film Festival) Documentarian of the Year
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by Rebecca Martin
November 13, 2020
“Dirty God” is an incredibly beautiful film. It contains moments that are gut-wrenching, but also heartwarming at the same time. This dichotomy drew me deeper into the character of Jade,
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by Rebecca Martin
November 10, 2020
I have found myself in the midst of discovering another hero of mine. Shalini Kanyayya is my hero because she elevates, through her own work, trailblazing womxn in the AI
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by Rebecca Martin
October 30, 2020
“Of Fish and Men” is a transformative film that is part thriller, part drama. In some cases, the film is not easy to watch with its traumatic moments, but there
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by Rebecca Martin
October 20, 2020
It is difficult for me to write an introduction for this piece, not because of the amazing interview I had with Maya Zinshtein about her documentary “‘Til Kingdom Come’, but
