NYWIFT @ Tribeca: In Conversation with Nikia Nelson
NYWIFT member and graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology Nikia Nelson has been working in the fashion and entertainment industries for several years. She started her career working in magazine publishing in the fashion and photo departments. She was able to parlay her experience into working as a stylist & costume designer for fashion, film, and television. Nikia recently worked as Assistant Costume Designer for the Amazon series The Horror of Dolores Roach. Based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name, The Horror of Dolores Roach is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. The series will premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.
READ MORETips on How to Publish on Amazon Kindle
Jean Criss recently designed and wrote her first children’s book and self-published on Amazon Kindle. Once she realized this publishing platform was so simple, she decided to move all her book titles over. She learned how to publish e-books, paperbacks, white paper, articles, and/or other newsworthy information in a quick and easy way. Jean shares her step-by-step digital publishing guide with the NYWIFT community.
READ MORERecap: NYWIFT Talks with Julie Taymor and Kimberly Guerrero About “The Glorias” and Getting Out the Vote
NYWIFT blogger Kristin Reiber Harris reflects on our powerful conversation with the team behind The Glorias, including Julie Taymor's creative process, the celebration of Native voices, and how we as women live in constant dialogue with our former selves.
READ MOREAll In: The Fight for Democracy – A Conversation with Lisa Cortés (Part II)
The second part of Christina Kiely's two-part interview with All In: The Fight for Democracy co-director Lisa Cortés, conducted on Zoom in anticipation of her participation at the NYWIFT 2020 Creative Workforce Summit: Documentary Makers, Industry and Funders in Conversation next week.
READ MOREAll In: The Fight for Democracy – A Conversation with Lisa Cortés (Part I)
All In: The Fight for Democracy is the essential new documentary the LA Times called “an eloquent history lesson on voting rights.” Co-directed by Lisa Cortés and Liz Garbus, the film tells the painful history of voter suppression in America as it traces the story of gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and her 2018 run in Georgia. Oscar-nominated producer NYWIFT Member Lisa Cortés (Precious, The Apollo, Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion) joined NYWIFT Board Member Christina Kiely to discuss All In: The Fight for Democracy, why it matters so much right now, how they pulled it off during the pandemic, and why Stacey Abrams’s story needed to be the spine of the film – apart from the fact that we love her.
READ MORECostumes, Couture and Conversing with Emmy-Award Winning Costume Designer Donna Zakowska
NYWIFT member Jean Criss offers an exclusive recap of the December 2019 event "Costumes, Couture and Conversing with Emmy-Award winning Costume Designer Donna Zakowska," at FIT SUNY hosted by the State of New York Governor’s Office of Motion Picture & Television Development. The conversation focused on Zakowska's acclaimed work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
READ MORECynthia’s Picks: Designing Women Michele Clapton, Riccie Johnson, Shunika Terry, and Mrs. Maisel
We have an incredible roster of honorees and presenters for this year’s 20th Anniversary NYWIFT Designing Women Awards! I hope you will join us on Tuesday, June 11th at 7 PM at the prestigious DGA Theater to celebrate these incredible women and spend time with some costumes. Tickets are going fast – buy now at...
READ MORECynthia’s Picks: Thelma Schoonmaker, Unequal Representation, Inclusion Commitment, Record Breaker
Thelma Schoonmaker: Congratulations to 1995 NYWIFT Muse honoree Thelma Schoonmaker, who was honored this weekend with a BAFTA fellowship for her incredible 50-year editing career. Unequal Representation: The Women’s Media Center’s “Investigation 2019: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations” found that women are once again missing from the picture. No women were nominated in Directing, Cinematography,...
READ MORE#SummerHours #BingeWatch-Worthy Family Content: Three Fun, Feminist Picks for the Whole Family
Mellini Kantayya offers up three fun, feminist, and family-friendly binge-worthy picks for all ages and genders to fill your #SummerHours. If you're not careful, you might get even more addicted than your kids do!
READ MORE#SummerHours #BingeWatch-Worthy Comedy Picks
Our #SummerHours series makes a triumphant return just as the NYC temperatures start to heat up! In the first edition of our Summer '18 series, Mellini Kantayya offers her side-splitting #bingeworthy comedy picks.
READ MORE#SummerHours TV Episodes to Watch: I Love Dick: “A Short History of Weird Girls”
#SummerHours digs into Amazon's I Love Dick, Jill Soloway's category-defying Amazon series that turns traditional gender objectification on its head.
READ MORE#SummerHours TV: Four #BingeWatch-worthy Shows Created by Women
Superheroes, monsters, comedy and a little family drama - sounds like summertime to us! #SummerHours offers four binge-worthy series by women for your viewing pleasure.
READ MORE#SummerHours Throwback Thursday (#Pride Edition): The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
NYWIFT #SummerHours offers its first Throwback Thursday - #Pride Edition! - with this sweet '90s teen rom-com.
READ MOREProject Spotlight : In Montauk by Kim Cummings
Note: some spoilers Written and directed by NYWIFT member Kim Cummings, In Montauk is a full length feature about Julie (Nina Kaczorowski) a married photographer, who heads to a small Montauk motel after the summer crowds leave to prepare for her first photography exhibition. While at the hotel, Julie meets Christian (Lukas Hassel) a musician...
READ MORE
