Representation Matters: Kathryn O’Kane was among the five NYWIFT board members who joined me at the Women’s Media Summit in Provincetown, MA, last month. She recaps it for our Huffington Post column, as we look ahead to what’s next.
Sheila Nevins: NYWIFT member Sheila Nevins, President of HBO Documentary Films, sat down with Lesley Stahl for a round of questions & answers on CBS Sunday Morning.
Box Office: Women turned out in record numbers for three of the top five grossing films in 2016, and accounted for 50% of overall ticket sales and 52% of the moviegoer demographic in the US and Canadian markets, the Motion Picture Association of America reported.
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