Female Filmmaker

Interviews

17 min read

Therese Shechter redefines womanhood in her subversive documentaries

by Rebecca Martin

April 15, 2020

Therese Shechter brings common female experiences that have been unjustly deemed taboo to the screen through her documentaries. Her latest “My So-Called Selfish Life” has started a movement for women

All-Star, Asian American, Interviews

9 min read

Sonejuhi Sinha’s refreshingly raw thriller ‘Stray Dolls’ flips the American dream

by Rebecca Martin

April 10, 2020

The American clichés of “Bonnie and Clyde”, the “American Dream”, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, are mixed together in the refreshingly raw new movie, “Stray Dolls”. It focuses on

Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Mother's Day

14 min read

Amanda Kernell’s love story in “Charter” explores the complexities of divorce

by Rebecca Martin

February 28, 2020

Last month at the Sundance film festival in Park City, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Amanda Kernell to talk about her beautifully haunting film “Charter”. Chatting with

Interviews, Uncategorized

11 min read

Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival: a conversation with founders Patrice and Susie Francois

by Rebecca Martin

November 1, 2019

Mother and daughter power team, Patrice (daughter) and Susie (mother) Francois, are making an impact for women in the film community. Their annual international female-directed film festival and Girl Power

Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+

5 min read

A religious experience with Molly Hewitt’s ‘Holy Trinity’

by Rebecca Martin

July 19, 2019

I am ready to share with the world that I am a freaky queer femme sex worker domme and I am also a fucking filmmaker.  —Molly Hewitt/Glamhag June, 2019  Molly

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