Tag / feminists

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Bite-sized blog post: Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay

LYNNE RAMSAY is slated to direct a film produce by Amazon Studios, You Were Never Really Here (2017).

Her short film Gasman (1996) won her the  Cannes Prix du Jury. Her feature Ratcatcher (1999) was then screened at Cannes.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

CRITERION

NETFLIX

YOUTUBE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

SHOCKER: ‘Jane Got A Gun’ Loses Director Lynne Ramsay On First Day Of Production
Amazon Studios Lands Lynne Ramsay-Joaquin Phoenix Drama ‘You Were Never Really Here:’ Cannes
Lynne Ramsay and the Senses of Cinema
Film School Rejects blog
Festival de Cannes
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Swimmer (Short)
 2000Kill the Day (Short)
 1998Gasman (Short)
 1996Small Deaths (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lynn Hershman Leeson

Lynn Hershman, Portraits and Artwork. Assigned by Phillip Gefter. Assignment #10100346A

LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON is most well known for her work as a visual and performance artist but she has also directed several narrative fiction films starring Tilda Swinton – and a feature length documentary about women working in the visual arts, !Women Art Revolution (2010).

Her first feature film Conceiving Ada (1997) premiered at Sundance where she also screened subsequent films, including her hybrid film Strange Culture (2007) which was also exhibited on the Sundance Channel.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

FANDOR

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Her Website
Find her on Facebook
MOMA
Interview 1
Interview 2
!Women Art Revolution Website
Art Review
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010!Women Art Revolution (Documentary)
 2009Customize Marinetti (Video short)
 2007Strange Culture (Documentary)
 2002Teknolust
 1993Virtual Love (as Lynn Hershman Leeson)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alana Cash

Alana Cash

ALANA CASH has directed documentaries about women and science which have been successfully distributed in academic circles, including the feature Marie Curie: The Woman Behind the Mind (2002).

Her narrative fiction film Tom’s Wife (2004) is based on a novel she wrote of the same name.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

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ONLINE

Variety
Meet the writer Alana Cash
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2001Mileva Maric: The Other Einstein (Video documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Shari Berman

Shari Berman

SHARI BERMAN’s feature film My Life as Abraham Lincoln (2012) toured the festival circuit to critical acclaim.

The self-taught director then went on to direct Sugar! (2015) starring Tony-award winning actress Alice Ripley which is now touring the festival circuit – premiering Wednesday July 20th at the Long Island International Film Expo.

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Where to watch her films:

HER WEBSITE

VIMEO

VIMEO ON DEMAND

SUGAR WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Website for Sugar
New York Times
Variety

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Sugar!
 2004The Trial of Jack (Short)
 2002Act as If
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Bite-sized blog post: Ivana Massetti

Ivanna Massetti

IVANA MASSETTI originally hails from Italy and since moving to the US has continued to pursue her love for film and social justice issues with One Day in America, a transmedia project “about Justice and the controversial issues that divide this country.”

She has been an active advocate for more women’s directorial voices with her website and movement Women Occupy Hollywood – inspired by the Occupy movement in response to the financial crisis.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
One Day In America project Website
Find her on Twitter
Find Women Occupy Hollywood on Facebook
Women Occupy Hollywood
Montalvo Arts Center
Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Nadro

 19943000 scénarios contre un virus (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Le sida, c’est les autres (1994)
 1988Domino
 1984Aloha
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Bite-sized blog post: Wendy Jo Carlton

Wendy Jo Carlton

WENDY JO CARLTON is based in Chicago and . Her most recent project is the web series Easy Abby (2013) tells the story of Abby, a 30-year old lesbian woman navigating the world of romance and life and is shot in Chicago.

Her feature film Hannah Free (2009) was based on the play of the same name by Claudia Allen. When she’s not directing Carlton works as a producer for PBS Television and Sirius Radio.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Interview
Indiewire
Jamie and Jessie are Not Together blog
Wendy Jo Carlton: Rebel With a Camera

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Easy Abby (TV Series)

 2009-2012Biz Kid$ (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– What to Do with a Windfall (2012) … (profile segment)
– It’s a Job Getting a Job! (2012) … (profile segment)
– The Economics of Economics (2012) … (profile segment)
– A World Without Taxes (2011) … (profile segment)
– Are You Financially Literate? (2010) … (profile segment)
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 2007If We Never Left This Room (Documentary short)
 2001The Boys in the Bean (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alicia Dwyer

Alicia Dwyer

ALICIA DWYER directed for the Independent Lens series The Calling.

Her work with PBS and ITVS on The Calling led to their distribution of her feature length film Xmas Without China (2013). She has also produced fiction films, including the feature Hostile Border (2015).

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Where to watch her films:

ITVS – THE CALLING

ITVS – NINE TO NINETY

VIMEO

VERACITY PRODUCTIONS WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Veracity Productions Website
Veracity Productions on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Xmas Without China Website
Indiewire Interview
American Film Showcase
New Day Films

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Nine To Ninety (Documentary short)
 2013Xmas Without China (Documentary)
 2010Starter Home (Short) (collaborating director)
 2010The Calling (Documentary)
 2010Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes)
 2008Homes and Homelands (Video documentary short) (collaborating director)
 2008Unbroken Circle (Video documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: J.A. Steel

JA Steel

J.A. STEEL works as an actor and stunt woman as well as a director. She studied communications at USC while she was managing and promoting rock bands.

Her feature film The Third Society (2002) garnered interest in Hollywood but executives worried that the script was “too ethnic” so Steel produced the script herself. She formed her own company Warrior Entertainment.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

WARRIOR ENTERTAINMENT WEBSITE

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Warrior Entertainment Website
Horror Realm Film Festival Entry ‘Denizen’ Receives Director’s Cut

Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Death Key: Origins (Short)

 2014Denizen: Descent (TV Series) (14 episodes)

– Burn (2014)
– Boom (2014)
– Fire Power (2014)
– The Dead Walk (2014)
– The Patriot (2014)
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 2013Out of the Box (Video short)
 2010Dive the Deep Blue: Tiburon (Video documentary short)
 2010S.C.A.A.R. (Video short)
 2010Denizen
 2009A Change of Plans (Video short) (as Jacque Ruffner)
 2007Salvation
 2006Dive the Deep Blue (Documentary short)
 2000Vertex
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Bite-sized blog post: Shola Lynch

Shola Lynch

SHOLA LYNCH began her documentary career working for Ken Burns and then went on to make the Peabody Award Winning Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004).

When she was very little (from age 2-6) she worked as an actor on Sesame Street.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
New York Times
NYPL
Women Make Movies
Wikipedia 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Nine for IX (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Runner (2013)
 2013Imagine a Future (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lucy Phenix

Lucy Phenix

LUCY PHENIX is known for her social documentary films which spring from her background as a community organizer and teacher.

You Got to Move (1985), a documentary about the grassroots movement for social change in the South, is in the video collection of the MacArthur Foundation which puts it in public libraries throughout the US.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

MILESTONE FILMS

HER WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Her Website
Interview
Cancer in Two Voices – UNAFF
Women Make Movies

 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1994Cancer in Two Voices (Documentary)
 1985You Got to Move (Documentary)

 1976The Big Blue Marble (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Galapagos (1976)

 1971The 51st State (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Arkansas Bound (1971)