"documentary" Articles & Blogs:
NYC Kids Make Gender Documentary
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Thanks go to Feministing for bringing this awesome little documentary that a bunch of school-age kids did on gender stereotyping! Way to go mini Judith Butlers— you've restored our faith in future generations. Also, a special thanks to brillia...[Read on] |
PBS to air film about women and bullfighting
| The amazing independent documentary program P.O.V. will be showing the film Ella Es El Matador (She Is The Matador) on September 1st. Check out more info on the movie here. I suspect that there will be graphic imagery, but it should definitely...[Read on] |
Review of Unmatched: Martina and Chris
| Here is an excellent review of Unmatched, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about the friendship and tennis rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. I don’t know if ESPN will be airing this again, but it is worth checking your local listings if ...[Read on] |
Kim Longinotto Retrospective at MOMA May 7-23
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There are many awesome female documentarians but Kim Longinotto is at the top of the field. A retrospective of her 30 year body of work will featured at the Museum of Modern Art this month in NYC. Longinotto is known for documenting untold stories of ...[Read on] |
Girl-Powered Chicago Film Festival
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</object> The 45th Annual Chicago International Film Festival kicks off today, and this year, organize...[Read on] |
Cinema Verite takes on An American Family
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Before The Real World, Horrible Housewives or Jersey Shore Jerks, there was An American Family. Back in the early 70’s, the idea of reality TV was born when a documentary filmmaker decided to ask the Loud family from Santa Barbara California, if he ...[Read on] |
A Powerful Noise - The Impact of One Voice
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Take part in an exclusive International Women’s Day event on March 5, 2009, featuring the acclaimed documentary film, A Powerful Noise, followed by a live town hall discussion to 450 movie theatres.
Town hall panelists include former U.S. Secretary of...[Read on] |
Doc One Lucky Elephant Opens Tomorrow, Made By Some Awesome Female Filmmakers
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The protection of wild and captive elephants isn’t something that comes on my radar very often, but in the documentary One Lucky Elephant that opens tomorrow, it is an issue that is depicted with all of it’s complexities and a heartfelt look a...[Read on] |
Al Gore’s Daughter Karenna to Separate, Too
| Karenna Gore and her husband, Drew Schiff, have separated after 12 years of marriage, People reports. They have three kids. Drew, a doctor (Dr. Drew!), is an employee of the biotech firm Aisling Capital, while Karenna is currently working on “a document...[Read on] |
Women filmmakers win big at Tribeca
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Austrian filmmaker Feo Aladag won the Best Narrative Feature award for her debut feature When We Leave. The film’s star Sibel Kikilli was also named best actress.
Here’s what the jury said about the film:
When We Leave examines one woman’s strug...[Read on] |
Tribeca Line-Up Part 2
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Yesterday, Tribeca released the films that will play in the Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight sections.
Here are the women directed films:
Encounters- Zero out of 14
Discovery- (3 out of 17)
brilliantlove, directed by Ashley Horner, writt...[Read on] |
Interview with Beadie Finzi, Director of Only When I Dance
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Only When I Dance is a documentary of two young Brazilian dancers — Isabella and Irlan — and how they try and pursue their dreams of becoming professional dancers. It is by no means a rosy look at the dance world. It shows how hard, and at times...[Read on] |
Sundance Rocks the Docs
| A still from Catfish, possibly Sundance's most buzzed-about film. The Sundance faithful have been buzzing that the real gems from the first weekend of this year's festival have been the documentaries. Compared to their more high-profile fictional cousins,...[Read on] |
Women’s Weekend Box Office Report June 25-27
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Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone crossed the $1 million dollar mark this past weekend and is now playing on 70 screens including some in the midwest near where the film takes place. The film cost $2 million and it looks promising for it to pay back it...[Read on] |
Kick in Iran: Female sports documentary premieres at Sundance
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The Sundance Film Festival, beginning today in Park City, Utah, is the 26th annual showcase of independent film. While distributors are on the lookout for breakouts like “Paranormal Activity” and “Little Miss Sunshine”, we’ve got our eye...[Read on] |
Gender: Your chance to learn more
| Since the issue of intersexed individuals has arisen lately, I thought I would share these two opportunities to learn more. Especially because the Caster Semenya situation revealed just how little people seem to know. Granted, because intersex is an umbre...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: DGA Doc Nominees
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Agnes Varda
Mai Iskander
A couple of women, one veteran, Agnes Varda and one newcomer, Mai Iskander just got their first nominations for a DGA Award.
Iskander was nominated for Garbage Dreams about boys born into the “trash world” in Egypt whic...[Read on] |
Yoga: Enlighten Up!: The "Reality" of the Documentary
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It surprised me reading that Enlighten Up! filmmaker Kate Churchill felt that with her latest documentary, she had removed herself from the picture more than any other film she’s created. While I enjoyed many aspects, there was so much of her in it: her...[Read on] |
Ski Jumpers Jump Through Hoops
| Ski jumper Jessica Jerome. Photographs by Mia Tran. The free-flowing rum drinks helped you handle the many incongruities earlier this week on the third floor of Norwood, a private club in downtown New York City, but disparities were still pretty acute. In...[Read on] |
Curating the Athena Film Festival
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If you could see me now you would see me taking a very deep breath now that we have announced the lineup for the Athena Film Festival. The lineup has something for everyone. There are some films that are a couple of years old but are gems, some that...[Read on] |
TV Alert- Trouble the Water Premieres on HBO
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Trouble the Water, the Oscar-nominated documentary directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath premieres tonight on HBO at 8:30pm. It is a must see.
Here’s an excerpt from my write-up from last summer when the film ...[Read on] |
Lunafest- A Women’s Film Festival Near You
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The folks who bring us the yummy lunabars are also the ones behind Lunafest - a traveling festival of films by and about women - that are happening in communities across the country.
They are looking for submissions for the next festival and the deadline...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: Gotham Independent Film Nominations
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It has begun. The crazy awards season. We’re going to keep track of the women creatives (and films about women) on the way to the Oscars.
The good news. Two women directors are up for best feature. The Hurt Locker was expected, but Amreeka is a b...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Amber Tamblyn
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I’ve only seen one episode of The Unusuals and I’m hooked. I love that The Unusuals while it is an ensemble, is fronted by a female actress- Amber Tamblyn. To me it’s perfect casting because she’s not your “usual” type of TV actress. Tamb...[Read on] |
Few Details on Detained Journalists From Al Gore's Current TV
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Whereabouts of Euna Lee and Laura Ling — sister of former ‘View’ co-host Lisa Ling — unknown; U.S. working with Chinese, Swiss on releaseAmerican Journalists Detained in North Korea | Today 11:00 am
Time may not be on the side o...[Read on] |
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