NYWIFT Blog

Flix Not to Miss: Katy Perry: Part of Me

When my daughter begged me to rent Katy Perry:  Part of Me, I was skeptical; but she was insistent, and I like Katy Perry’s music.  I was expecting a slick, packaged, overly long concert flick. I was pleasantly surprised.  The movie is loosely structured around the arc of Perry’s marriage to and subsequent break-up from...

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Tweet of the Week

Muckraking Journalist Filmmaker Laura Poitras: Ahead of Surveillance Scandal, Making War on Terror Doc with Assange: bit.ly/109X6fh — Laurens Grant (@LaurensGrant) June 11, 2013 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js From the @NYWIFT list Women-Driven Films –@annelabarba

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NYWIFT-Live Recap: Cuban Women Filmmakers 2013 Showcase

On March 14, NYWIFT sponsored a night of short films made by Cuban women filmmakers at the Tribeca Film Center, part of a weeklong showcase held at locations across NYC.  The films: Blanco Es Mi Pelo, Negra Mi Piel (White Is My Hair, Black Is My Skin) by Marina Ochoa Derecho de Ser (The Right to...

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