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On January 4, 2025, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous honor to civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and the subject of WMM release FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA, directed by Joy Davenport and produced by Monica...
Zeinabu irene Davis, a filmmaker who has been with Women Make Movies since the 1990s, is a storyteller, educator, and trailblazer who has spent her career championing narratives that are often overlooked. And we are starting off 2025 by celebrating her as our January WMM filmmaker of the month! With a voice as unique as...
We’re excited to share that several WMM films and filmmakers have been recognized on Ms. Magazine’s list of the Best Feminist Documentaries of 2024! The list includes WMM release RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE, directed by Katja Esson, whose films we have been distributing for more than 20 years. This powerful documentary dives into the devastating...
Zeinabu irene Davis’s landmark film COMPENSATION— distributed by Women Make Movies from 2002 until 2023, when it was restored and re-released by The Criterion Collection—has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. This recognition affirms the enduring cultural, historical, and artistic importance of Davis’s work, and its...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlist for the 97th Oscars, and we are thrilled to celebrate the recognition of SUGARCANE (dir. Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie), made with the support of WMM’s Production Assistance Program. Shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature, this powerful and timely film investigates the abuse,...
Sundance has announced its 2025 line-up, and 11 films made by WMM filmmakers and Program alum, including four from the WMM Production Assistance Program, will premiere at this year’s festival! Two of the Production Assistance Program films will have their world premieres in the U.S. Documentary Competition: LIFE AFTER (dir. Reid Davenport, prod. Colleen...
Friends in L.A., mark your calendars for a special opportunity to watch two films by renowned, longtime Women Make Movies filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha. On Saturday night, December 14 at 7:30 PM, Minh-ha’s first feature film Naked Spaces – Living Is Round (1985), which has long been distributed by Women Make Movies and was recently restored...
We’re happy to announce that four films from our Production Assistance Program have received grants from the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre! These awards highlight the incredible talent and vision of women filmmakers creating impactful stories across a variety of genres. The following WMM-supported projects have been recognized: Fiction Feature: FAMILIAR TOUCH...
Women Make Movies (WMM) returned this week to Montreal to participate in the RIDM Montreal International Film Festival. WMM’s Executive Director Debra Zimmerman, and Leonard Cortana, Inclusion Programs and Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC, presented the opening keynote of the DOC FORUM: Toward a Fairer, More Inclusive Industry. INTERCEPTED (dir. Oksana Karpovych), a powerful documentary...
