Muse on TV: NYWIFT is thrilled to announce that the Muse Awards will make its broadcast premiere on CUNY TV in celebration of Women’s History Month! The one-hour program will feature highlights from each speech at the 40th anniversary event, as well as exclusive red carpet interviews. The premiere is this Monday 3/9 at 10 PM – see details and the full listing of times here.
Ashley Eakin: We are so proud to present the latest NYWIFT Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant to Ashley Eakin for her narrative short film Single, which tackles the complexities of dating with a disability. Ashley’s amazing short will premiere this month at SXSW!
Maysoon Zayid: Speaking of Loreen Arbus and Muse…check out this wonderful Women’s Media Center podcast interview with Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American feminist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and disability-rights activist with cerebral palsy who received our Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award at Muse 2018.
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