All In: If you haven’t seen All In: The Fight for Democracy yet on Amazon, do it – it’s a must-see, especially now. Filmmakers Liz Garbus and NYWIFT member Lisa Cortes examine the history of voter suppression and the activists who fight for the rights of U.S. citizens.
WFPF Submissions: The NYWIFT Women’s Film Preservation Fund has opened their 2020-2021 grant cycle for submissions. Since 1995 the WFPF has been bringing awareness to women’s enormous accomplishment in filmmaking by funding preservation of films made by American women everywhere and films made in the US by women from other countries. To date, we’ve preserved approximately 135 of these American-made films, bringing back into view important lost films and significant but overlooked films from the past, showing that women have been integral to filmmaking since its inception.
Production Resumes: An important look at the status of film and tv production in NYC from Deadline (including insight from NYWIFT Board Member Flo Mitchell-Brown). If you’re thinking about starting up again, be sure to review the proposed health and safety guidelines from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
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