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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
Interviews

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Andi Morrow touches on addiction in her short film ‘Pusher’

by Rebecca Martin

November 25, 2019

Andi Morrow, such a genuine artistic soul. Loved our conversation, and loved her film “Pusher”. She educated me through our conversation and film about the “devastating” opioid epidemic that is

Chicago, Comedy, Interviews

4 min read

Comedy duo Alyse McGuigan and Kana Felix are bringing dynamic female characters to the stage and screen

by Alison Marcotte and Rebecca Martin

June 29, 2019

Chicago-based comedians (and writers for Cinema Femme magazine) Alyse McGuigan and Kana Felix have been passionate about comedy since grade school. “I was very shy growing up. I was always

Comedy, Documentaries, Interviews, Platforms for Women in Film

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CherryPicks founder and ‘Being Frank’ director Miranda Bailey is paving the way for women in film

by Rebecca Martin

May 28, 2019

Miranda Bailey is not just one thing—she is Miranda Bailey, the producer, director, actor, founder of CherryPicks, mother, and inspiration to women in the industry.
Documentaries, Film Festivals, Film History, Interviews, Women's History Month

10 min read

Pamela B. Green’s documentary honors filmmaking pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché

by Rebecca Martin

April 16, 2019

Meeting Pamela, I could feel the force of nature of Alice Guy-Blaché through her passionate words and her film. It's like Alice called out to Pamela to introduce her to
International Films, Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness, Short Films

8 min read

Why saying “Get off the internet” is terrible advice for victims of online harassment

by Rebecca Martin

April 10, 2019

I spoke with actor, writer, and intimacy coordinator Michela Carattini about her film "Remote Access," which she cowrote and coproduced with screenwriter Leanne Mangan. Penelope Berkemeier directed the film. Michela,
Uncategorized

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2019 Girl Power Film + Media Summit

by Danielle Acton

April 9, 2019

The work I saw was crafted with time and effort and filled more than just quotas. They were filling us with inspiration for a future in which female-identifying filmmakers are

"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

1 min read

A Poem for the Mother

by Jaylan Salah

February 25, 2019

Illustration by Tavi Veraldi A Poem for the Mother Who lost her son… In a car crash In a dog fight Amid the dust mines of recessed memories A poem for the

"Strong Island" Essays

6 min read

I can’t understand

by Amy Wasney

February 25, 2019

Both willingly and unwillingly, Yance and so many others have done so much emotional labor to tell us their stories and relive their trauma, all to reveal to us the
"Strong Island" Essays

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The burden of heartbreak

by Atavia Reed

February 25, 2019

When the lights in “Strong Island” (2017) begin to dim and the credits start to roll, the viewer is left with an echo of a scream ringing intensely in their

"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

9 min read

The contours of fear: a documentary elegy

by Marjorie H. Morgan

February 25, 2019

It is a pessimistic view of life in America, and for Yance Ford and millions of people who look like him, it is a daily reality: living with the fear

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