Crystal Emery: Read NYWIFT member Crystal Emery’s piece in Time about how living at the intersection of three marginalized identities – black, female and disabled – has made her stronger. Crystal’s film Black Women in Medicine premieres on public television this Fall.
Emmy Noms: Congratulations to all of the NYWIFT members, Muse Award recipients and Designing Women honorees nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards this year!
Netflix Queue: Not sure what to watch next? Film Fatales has put together a list of 245 films directed by women now available on Netflix to get you started!
(Photo of Crystal Emery © Michael Benson Photography 2015)
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