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HAPPENING Now: A Supreme Court Determined to Reduce Our Freedoms
What happens to women who need abortions but live in a country where it’s illegal, prosecuted as a criminal offense and therefore nearly impossible to obtain? This harrowing predicament is the premise for the recently released film HAPPENING, a story set in France in 1963 but could very well be set in the United States […]
Ugliness on the MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND of Manhattan
The plight of undocumented immigrants coming to the United States is not a unique story, but MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND shares it through a distinct feminist lens. Luciana, the female character at the heart of this independent film, has fled to New York City to escape a traumatic past event and to forge a new life. […]
Moving-Beyond-the Manly-Oscars April Viewing Roundup
Well, another Oscars Ceremony has come and gone, and as usual it was all about the men. What’s it matter that Jane Campion won, most deservedly, for best director, Sian Heder for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Jessica Fontaine for her impressive rendering of Tammy Faye? Ditto that Jada Pinket bravely and beautifully walked the red […]