Sundance 2022 Interview: Director Isabel Castro and subject Doris Muñoz on their debut feature, “Mija,” and the hope it will bring to the Latinx first generation
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 was fortunate to interview its director, Patricia Vidal Delgado. This moving film is about a queer undocumented teenager in LA who worries that she will […]
Cinema Femme at Sundance Day 3: Sharp Stick, Mija, Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, Call Jane
Sharp Stick In Lena Dunham’s “Girls,” she wasn’t afraid to go there by pushing taboos of sexuality for women onscreen. It was liberating to watch. In “Sharp Stick,” it’s no different. We follow Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth) who is coming of age in her sexuality at the age of 26. She has been self conscious […]
Cinema Femme Sundance Preview!
Happy Sundance! We kick off day one of the festival with a preview of our coverage. Also, Managing Editor Rebecca Martin will be attending the opening press event today with Festival Director Tabitha Jackson, Director of Programming Kim Yutani, Senior Programmer and Chief Curator, New Frontier Shari Frilot, and Senior Programmer and Director of Strategic […]