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International Films, Interviews

12 min read

Look back: Anna Serner blazes trails at the Swedish Film Institute with her 2019 gender equality report “What Women?”

by Rebecca Martin

April 29, 2021

*The following interview was conducted at the end of December 2019 and was featured on cinemafemme.com on January 2020. We are bringing the interview back for our site because she

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Asian American, Interviews, Womxn supporting Womxn

7 min read

#StartWith8Hollywood, an initiative making waves in the film industry for Women of Color

by Rebecca Martin

January 3, 2021

Interview took place 9/18/20, bringing it back for awareness of #StartWith8Hollywood mission and program. These days, in a time where we are mostly isolated and at home, hashtags are uniting

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Black History, Chicago, Film Critics, Film Festivals, Interviews

4 min read

#TBT 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows

by Rebecca Martin

January 16, 2020

Chaz Ebert introduced me to the 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows Niani Scott, Whitney A. Spencer, and Tiffany Walden via Instagram as they were on their way to Park City, Utah,
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Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+

16 min read

Emily Lape brings a rawness to the filmmaking and acting process with ‘Mercy’s Girl’

by Rebecca Martin

July 15, 2019

"Four years ago when I was trying to make “Mercy’s Girl,” it was so hard. Now, I don’t know if it’s because I know more people, but it’s very ripe.
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"A League of Their Own" Essays, Interviews, Platforms for Women in Film, Sexual Assault Awareness

8 min read

Dr. Caroline Heldman on #MeToo and representation

by Rebecca Martin

April 15, 2019

During my trip in Los Angeles, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Caroline Heldman, research director at the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, associate professor of politics
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Blog

2 min read

The Future is Female

by Rebecca Martin

October 6, 2018

Over the past few years, and it seems like from the beginning of time, when it comes to an opinion, in general, male (specifically white men) have been the represented

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