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WMM release BELLY OF THE BEAST (dir. Erika Cohn, prod. Angela Tucker) has been nominated for four News & Doc Emmy Awards! The categories include Best Documentary, Outstanding Current Affairs: Documentary, Outstanding Direction: Documentary, and Outstanding Editing: Documentary.
When BELLY OF THE BEAST director Erika Cohn first began discussing her film with Women Make Movies, she told us her primary goal was to get reparations for survivors of forced sterilizations in California's women's prisons.
WMM filmmaker Deeyah Khan (dir. WHITE RIGHT) has won a Peabody Award for her film MUSLIM IN TRUMP’S AMERICA, which investigates the rise in anti-Muslim hate groups, conspiracy theories and hate crimes during Donald Trump’s polarizing presidency.
Forthcoming WMM release AMERICA'S WAR ON ABORTION (dir. Deeyah Khan) has won a BAFTA TV 2021 award in the Current Affairs category.
On Sunday, May 16, 2021, 60 Minutes aired a segment about racial bias in facial recognition software and omitted any mention of the three Black women who are pioneers in the field, including CODED BIAS's Joy Buolamwini.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival took place April 29th – May 9th and WMM films and filmmakers were honored with two awards for their creative vision and boundary-pushing documentaries!
POV, the longest-running television series airing independent documentaries, has announced its upcoming slate of films for its 34th season and three films from Women Make Movies filmmakers will be premiering!
We are excited to announce that WMM release BELLY OF THE BEAST (dir. Erika Cohn, prod. Angela Tucker) and new films from WMM filmmaker Deeyah Khan and program alum Liz Garbus have been nominated for the Peabody Awards, which honor and reward the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media.
With one hundred twenty-five films on Kanopy and fifty films just added to Docuseek, Women Make Movies is pleased to share that 175 films from our catalogue are now available on educational streaming platforms!
