NYWIFT Blog

Terry’s Picks: Data Driven, Amal Ramsis, Women’s Movement

Data Driven: With support from Google.org’s Global Impact Challenge, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media teamed up with Google to develop software that accurately measures how often we see and hear women on-screen. Amal Ramsis: Here is a wonderful profile of Amal Ramsis, founder of the Cairo International Women’s Film Festival. Women’s Movement:...

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WEEKLY ROUNDUP: HISTORY, INSPIRATION & THE “F” WORD

Photo via Variety / Evgenia Eliseeva With a female director, writer, composer and choreographer, “Waitress” will make Broadway history! ”It’s just bad business.” Hollywood finally agrees, gender discrimination needs to be addressed. Now. Watch Edie Falco give a one-minute explanation of why & how she became an actor. (VIDEO) Have your “original” story ideas been done before?...

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WEEKLY ROUNDUP: IT’S HAMMER’S TIME, SOME TRUTHS & THAT SCARE.

Photo | Mary Rozzi Bonnie Hammer turned 65 and so should every other women in Hollywood! Samantha Bee’s new late night show Full Frontal will certainly be ballsy. Here’s the real reason women don’t direct action movies. (VIDEO) “Ass plus chair” and other tips from screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna. NBC correspondent Nancy Snyderman (finally) explains her actions...

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