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Documentaries, Earth, Film Festivals, Interviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2022 Interview: Filmmaker Rachel Lears views the climate crisis through the eyes of the younger generation in “To the End”

by Dawn Borchardt

February 17, 2022

The idea is to look at women, and young women of color in particular in this case, as leaders that are really representing everyone. Rachel Lears, Director of “To the

2022 Awards, Coming of Age, Documentaries, Interviews, LIVE Q&A

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CUSP: Q&A with directors Parker Hill + Isabel Bethencourt and more!

by Rebecca Martin

October 25, 2021

Filmmakers Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt join their subjects (Autumn and Brittney), to talk about their coming of age documentary CUSP. Cinema Femme Managing Editor Rebecca Martin moderates the Q&A.

Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness, True Crime, TV

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Filmmaker Elizabeth Wolff illuminates the Kathleen Lombardo case in her special “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” episode

by Rebecca Martin

June 21, 2021

Something about true crime has always drawn me in, but nothing like the case of the Golden State Killer. Why? Because of one woman, Michelle McNamara. I’ve always been drawn

Earth, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews

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Danish director Pernille Rose Grønkjær’s film proposes “Solutions” to solve the world’s major issues

by Davide Abbatescianni

May 21, 2021

We had a pleasant virtual chat with Danish filmmaker Pernille Rose Grønkjær, who spoke about her latest thought-provoking documentary, entitled “Solutions.” The film world-premiered at this year’s CPH:DOX (April 21-May

February Showcase, Film Festivals, Interviews, Mother's Day, Short Films

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Katrine Weber reflects on motherhood in her short doc “A Morning, A Mother & A Boy”

by Rebecca Martin

February 26, 2021

I was fortunate to speak with Katrine Weber, a Denmark filmmaker, about her short documentary “A Morning, A Mother & A Boy”. The short is an everyday drama portraying one

All-Star, Asian American, Documentaries, Interviews, Juneteenth, Now Playing, Social Justice

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Shalini Kantayya shows how sci-fi is becoming reality in her AI doc “Coded Bias”

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

Chicago International Film Festival, Interviews, Social Justice

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Maya Zinshtein explores the complicated “love” between Evangelical Christians and Israelis in “‘Til Kingdom Come”

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

Earth, International Films, Interviews, Social Justice

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Iryna Tsilyk talks about the making of her doc “The Earth is Blue as an Orange”, an ode to the healing power of cinema set in Ukraine’s turbulent “red zone”

by Davide Abbatescianni

October 13, 2020

We had the opportunity to chat with Ukrainian filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk, director of the successful documentary “The Earth is Blue as an Orange”. The movie follows the lives of single

Interviews, Social Justice

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Elyse Steinberg, co-director of “The Fight,” focuses her lens on ACLU’s heroic humanity

by Rebecca Martin

July 31, 2020

Following the Women’s March in January 2017, I was witnessing a power in the collective, a power I hadn’t seen before in my lifetime. Though I didn’t have a name

Cineuropa, Film Festivals, Interviews

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Directors Anna Koch and Julia Lemke celebrate cowgirls in ‘Glitter & Dust’

by Cineuropa

June 17, 2020

KRAKOW 2020 “It’s en vogue to be a cowgirl right now” by Marta Bałaga 05/06/2020 – We talked to Anna Koch and Julia Lemke, the directors of the Krakow title Glitter & Dust, only to

International Films, Interviews

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Italy’s Valentina Pedicini talks about ‘Faith’ and isolation

by Davide Abbatescianni

May 18, 2020

We had the chance to chat with the Apulia-born director Valentina Pedicini, who talked through the making of her successful documentary “Faith”, produced by Donatella Palermo for Stemal Entertainment and

Documentaries, Interviews

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Director Rebecca Stern combines her love for animals and filmmaking with ‘Well Groomed’

by Pamela Powell

December 17, 2019

Rebecca Stern, director of the much-talked-about SXSW film "Well Groomed," has married her love of animals and her passion, skills, and knowledge of filmmaking to create a visually entertaining film

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