Terry’s Picks: OITNB, No Country for Young Women & Film Fatales
Graph via No Country for Young Women Looking Forward: to the June 6th release of Orange is the New Black with NYWIFT member Alysia Reiner appearing again as Assistant Warden Natalie “Fig” Figueroa. Suggesting: that you check out this excellent post on No Country for Young Women by Elena Rossini on a new technique she used to measure gender bias. Applauding: the work...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Gideon’s Army and WGA Employment Study
Totally Agree: with this Slated article about the foolishness of Hollywood’s gender bias against women directors. Recommending: Gideon’s Army by NYWIFT member Dawn Porter about the U.S. public defender system. It is powerful, beautifully realized and focuses attention on an incredibly important issue. Check it out on HBO On Demand or Play Station, Google Play, Amazon, or iTunes. Not Surprised: but still disappointed to...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: ‘No Cannes Do’ and #readwomen2014
Love: the NO CANNES DO info graphic by Melissa Silverstein of Women and Hollywood showing the appalling lack of opportunities extended to women directors by the Cannes Film Festival—a reflection of the situation of the industry as a whole, but this does not excuse it. Checking Out: the report on women working in independent film by...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Science, Activism, and Hollywood Called Out, Again
Recently watched and recommending: Decoding Annie Parker, a film that happily recognizes women scientists, with the upside of being a thoughtful and well-made movie. Congratulations: to DP Jendra Jarnagin for gracing the cover of MovieMaker Magazine’s Activism in Film issue. A hat off: to The New York Times movie critics for calling out Hollywood by asking, “So …...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Majority Female Cannes Jury and Belle
COMMENDING THE NEWS: of the first majority female Cannes Film Festival jury since 2009. American director Sofia Coppola, French director/actor Carole Bouquet, South Korean actor Jeon Do-yeon and Iranian actor Leila Hatami will join jury president Jane Campion, who became the first woman director to win the Palme d’Or for her 1993 film The Piano. PLANNING...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Ellen Burstyn & Dorothy Arzner Retrospectives
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READ MORETerry’s Picks: April 1, 2014
Anita playing at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Thought-provoking: and powerful, Freida Lee Mock’s Anita is my must-see of the week. Twenty years after Anita Hill sought to confidentially report Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment, the archival footage (and new contemporary interviews) still feels startling relevant to gender inequality in the U.S. Anticipating: an amazing...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: March 25, 2014
Gloria Steinem at the Ms. Foundation for Women’s 23rd annual Gloria Awards on May 19, 2011. Photo via WikiMedia. Wishing a: happy birthday to Gloria Steinem! The feminist writer, activist, Women’s Media Center co-founder and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient turns 80 today. Checking out: some wonderful films this week! Beth B.’s provocative Exposed (co-produced by NYWIFT member Sandra...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: March 18, 2014
Historical poster courtesy of Wikimedia. Kicking off: Women’s History Month in multiple ways with partner organizations and initiatives! This month, be sure to check out SWAN Day, NoMore.Org (chaired by Joyful Heart Foundation founder and former NYWIFT Muse honoree Mariska Hargitay) and other great projects! Eagerly waiting: tonight’s keynote by Amy Goodman at the Rated SR Socially Relevant...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: March 11, 2014
(A proud declaration via the ladies of P.Ink) AGING IS: a powerful lens for the Beautiful Minds Project’s innovative storytelling. NYWIFT member Lee Hunkins is honored as one of their 2014 Beautiful Minds for her lifelong commitment to narrative through play and television writing. And along that note… …FINDING THE BEAUTY IN: our bodies is the theme of today. The...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: February 25, 2014
Poring Over: Inkoo Kang’s wonderful Oscars post over at Indiewire, which highlights the milestones and gaps of this year’s Academy Award nominations. Channeling: British women’s liberation leader Emmeline Pankhurst should be a breeze to Meryl Streep. The multiple Academy Award winner joins Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter in the upcoming historical drama Suffragette. Congratulating: Jessica Elbaum, who’s tapped to head Gloria Sanchez Productions, a new...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: February 4, 2014
Image via Fox Searchlight. Looking forward to: the NYC premiere of Amma Asante’s Belle at the Athena Film Festival on Thursday! The film is a fictionalized account of the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the West Indies–born biracial daughter of an African woman and Admiral Sir John Lindsay, on an English estate. Belle’s story tackles questions about society, race,...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: January 28, 2014
The girls of Broad City. Wondering about: recognition for female artists throughout history, thanks to this witty video by Girls’ Jemima Kirke, featuring the notorious Guerrilla Girls. Priming us for: NYWIFT’s upcoming Laughing Matters comedy event is this month’s required viewing, Broad City. Changing minds: on who really speaks up about the Superbowl! Adweek writes that female consumers are the...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: December 21, 2014
Image via Getty Images, Tumblr. Laying out the truth at Sundance: the 8th annual Women in Film panel highlighted the large discrepancies that still exist across the industry and awarded $32K in grants to women filmmakers. Thinking about red carpet sexism: with the above GIF of Cate Blanchett at the SAG Awards making its rounds on the...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: January 7, 2014
Photo via sasheer.com. Rooting For: Sasheer Zamata, who recently joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. Zamata will be the first black female cast member since Maya Rudolph, and will appear in the episode airing January 18. Loving the Variety of Formats In: Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell, which screens at the MoMA’s Roy and Niuta Titus Theater on...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: December 17, 2013
NYWIFT members and supporters Christine Sadofsky, Sherry McCaffrey, and Carol Patterson after this year’s Muse Awards at the New York Hilton. Special thanks to: our amazing 2013 Muse Awards sponsors! For a full list of corporate partners and sponsors, visit our website. Rounding up round-ups: of a landmark year of women in both film and television....
READ MORETerry’s Picks: December 3, 2013
Susan Sontag, Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris, 2002, chromogenic print. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz (via The Australian). Reflecting on: Susan Sontag’s thoughts on stereotypes and their negative impact on culture, highlighted this week by Maria Popova on Brain Pickings. Surprised but satisfied by: the inclusion of five women in Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch list....
READ MORETerry’s Picks: November 26, 2013
How far do we still have to go? Check out NYFA’s infographic (link below) STILL PORING OVER: This incredibly comprehensive infographic about gender inequality in film sent to us by the New York Film Academy. From pay rates and movie portrayals to awards and ages, this is a definitive tool for understanding the state of women in...
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