Moana with
Sound: November 13-19, Film Forum will screen a
newly restored version of Robert Flaherty’s
groundbreaking 1926 documentary Moana.
Flaherty’s daughter Monica added sound 50 years later to this look at Samoan life.
Lifetime ladies: We’re 6 months in to
Lifetime’s Broad Focus initiative to hire more women and already the network’s five most popular original movies in 2015 have all been directed by
women.
Sundance shines: Congrats to this year’s six Women at Sundance fellows!
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