Cynthia’s Picks: Latinx Representation, Kasi Lemmons, The Kingmaker
Latinx Representation: Good news – the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has partnered with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group to pilot its “Spellcheck for Bias” digital tool, this time in order to help increase Latinx representation onscreen. Kasi Lemmons: 2019 NYWIFT Nancy Malone Directing Award honoree Kasi Lemmons writes in Variety about why she...
READ MORECynthia’s Picks: Jamie Zelermyer, Writers Lab, TV Writers
Jamie Zelermyer: Please join me in welcoming new Board President Jamie Zelermyer! We are thrilled to have her leading NYWIFT’s next era. Writers Lab: Congratulations to the 12 women screenwriters over 40 selected for The Writers Lab 2019! TV Writers: Positive news from the WGA West – women and minorities showed slight gains in the...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Under Pressure, Reverse Renaissance, Hollywood Power
Under pressure: Reese Witherspoon talked to Entertainment Weekly about how, due to lack of opportunities and added scrutiny, women directors aren’t allowed to fail. Reverse Renaissance: A new study from the Writers Guild of America shows that “progress has been slow at best for women and minority writers in an era of television renaissance, while...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: A SUPER HEROINE & FUNNY GIRLS
Marvel’s Jessica Jones releases on Netflix today! Female lead, lots of key female crew… #NetflixAndChill Lena Waithe of Aziz Ansari’s Master of None is the new favorite Lena on the block. Meet Marylou Lim, the woman who literally dresses funny. From Reno 911 to Scream Queens Niecy Nash is still the funniest thing in uniform. “I’m...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: TELEVISION, TRIBECA & TECH
Television now showcases the most talented actresses over 40. Women will lead Vice Media’s launch of Broadly, a female-focused channel. Tribeca’s international lineup includes several female directors. The WGA still has a white, male bias. Actor, Megan Sikora on the pleasures and pitfalls of being on Broadway. An “entirely subjective” list of innovative tech equipment for...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Gideon’s Army and WGA Employment Study
Totally Agree: with this Slated article about the foolishness of Hollywood’s gender bias against women directors. Recommending: Gideon’s Army by NYWIFT member Dawn Porter about the U.S. public defender system. It is powerful, beautifully realized and focuses attention on an incredibly important issue. Check it out on HBO On Demand or Play Station, Google Play, Amazon, or iTunes. Not Surprised: but still disappointed to...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: TFF 2014 Arrives & DreamWorks Adds More Color
Image courtesy of the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s Tribeca Film Festival time! Here are “5 Female Directors to Watch.” Pulitzer Prize winners were announced. Donna Tartt received top fiction honor for The Goldfinch, playwright Annie Baker won for The Flick. DreamWorks’ next movie will have an African-American, female lead. The number of women writers in television has...
READ MORETerry’s Pick: Women’s Media Center, WGA & a Power Lunch
Julie Louis-Dreyfus playing the VP of the United States in Veep GLOWING: with laughter and admiration at this “high concept” Power Lunch article in last week’s New York Times, in which Julie Louis-Dreyfus of Veep and Nancy Pelosi of the US Senate sit down to talk about female leadership, charcuterie and all sorts of other delights. FINDING MYSELF: unsurprised with...
READ MOREWeekly Film & TV News Roundup
Illustration by Luci Gutierrez. Top 100 power women in entertainment and how they succeed. SNL is doing what?! This is really happening? An impressive list of the Most Iconic Feminist Moments of 2013. Roger Ebert’s widow Chaz Ebert dedicates a week to female content. Two thumbs up! It’s the most wonderful (not perfect) time of the year! Meet Tiffani Shlain, writer, director…creator of the Webby...
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Still from Lucky. I got goosebumps from the trailer for NYC filmmaker Laura Checkoway’s Lucky. The WGA or Fashion Police writers—whose side is Joan Rivers really on? Conservative commentator and author Monica Crowley discusses her career, Nixon, and the hypocrisies woman journalists still face. (video) Guinevere Turner’s new project is called Creeps. I’m sold! Here are the best women in...
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