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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

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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

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Chicago, Film Critics, Interviews, Trans Awareness Week

7 min read

A conversation between Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin and film critic Danielle Solzman

by Rebecca Martin

February 25, 2019

"This past season, GLAAD did their report, and there’s been an increase of trans actors in series, but a lot of that is because of “Pose” (2018). So it would
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Halloween, Interviews, Production Design, Short Films

5 min read

A conversation between Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin and filmmaker Laura Moss

by Rebecca Martin

November 8, 2018

I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Moss, NYC-based filmmaker. I met Laura last year at the Chicago Critics Film Festival, where I saw her short film “Fry Day.” I

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