Every Episode: Melissa Rosenberg, Executive Producer of the smash hit Netflix/Marvel series Jessica Jones, announced that every episode of season two will be directed by a woman. Bravo!
Equity Rules: Congrats to the women-created feature film Equity, which will be adapted as a drama series for ABC!
Swim Team: Check out this lovely interview with Lara Stolman, the director and producer of the documentary Swim Team, which screened at Indiana’s Heartland Film Fest last week and will be shown at DOC NYC next month. Swim Team received last year’s NYWIFT Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant at the Muse Awards.
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