{"id":1443,"date":"2016-08-23T14:13:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2016-08-23T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:13:18","slug":"bite-sized-blog-post-abby-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/23\/bite-sized-blog-post-abby-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Bite-sized blog post: Abby Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein.png\" data-src=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein.png\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein-290x300.png\" class=\"ml-lightbox-enabled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1444 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein-290x300.png\" alt=\"Abby Epstein\" width=\"255\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein-290x300.png 290w, http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein-768x794.png 768w, http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein-630x651.png 630w, http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Abby-Epstein.png 829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ABBY EPSTEIN directed for the theater for a number of years before adding documentary filmmaking to her repertoire. She formed a theatre company in Chicago (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Roadworks-Productions\/105514316150640\" target=\"_blank\">Roadworks Productions<\/a>) and then went on to form <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickiandabbyfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ricki &amp; Abby Films<\/a> with Ricki Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein&#8217;s first documentary\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v4xJxYvrX8w\" target=\"_blank\">Until the Violence Stops<\/a><\/em> (2003) stemmed from her work on Eve Ensler&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Vagina Monologues<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"filmo-row odd\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0More to add to this &#8220;bite-sized blog&#8221; &#8211; please send us a comment!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Where to watch her films:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=sr_nr_n_0?fst=as%3Aoff&amp;rh=n%3A2625373011%2Ck%3AAbby+Epstein&amp;keywords=Abby+Epstein&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1470668043&amp;rnid=2941120011\" target=\"_blank\">AMAZON<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/search\/Abby%20Epstein\/person\/30002624\" target=\"_blank\">NETFLIX<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read more about her:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>ONLINE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abbyepstein\" target=\"_blank\">Find her on Twitter<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickiandabbyfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ricki &amp; Abby Films Website<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Business of Being Born<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Website<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/filmmakermagazine.com\/1298-abby-epstein-the-business-of-being-born\/#.V6ibcfkrKUk\" target=\"_blank\">Filmmaker Interview<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/author\/abby-epstein\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.givingbirthnaturally.com\/business-of-being-born.html\" target=\"_blank\">Interview<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abby_Epstein\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><strong><strong>FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"director-tt3543964\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3543964\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1\">Sweetening the Pill<\/a> (Documentary) (<a class=\"in_production\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/r\/legacy-inprod-name\/title\/tt3543964\">filming<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0995061\" class=\"filmo-row even\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a02008<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0995061\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2\">The Business of Being Born<\/a> (Documentary)<\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0326425\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a02003<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0326425\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3\">Until the Violence Stops<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABBY EPSTEIN directed for the theater for a number of years before adding documentary filmmaking to her repertoire. 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