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Women Make Movies is making a selection of films available that shed light on the history of reproductive rights in the U.S. and set forth what’s at stake as abortion access is rolled back.
WMM release DAUGHTER OF A LOST BIRD (dir. Brooke Pepion Swaney) will have its broadcast premiere on WORLD Channel's America ReFramed May 5 at 8/7c and will be available to stream through June 6, 2022!
Six films from our Production Assistance Program and ten films from current WMM filmmakers and past Program alum are premiering at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival — North America's largest doc festival, conference, and market! The festival will include in-person screenings across Toronto and films streaming nationwide in Canada from April 28 – May…
Chicken & Egg announced the recipients of their 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab Grants and four of the feature documentary film projects selected are WMM-sponsored projects! Each grantee will receive $40,000 towards the production of their film. Congratulations to our filmmakers Gabriela Pena (HERE, THE SILENCE IS HEARD), Sierra Urich (JOONAM), Maricarmen Merino Mora (MATRYOSHKA), and Indira...
MR. SOUL! (dir. Melissa Haizlip & Sam Pollard), which was made with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities through our Production Assistance Program, has been nominated for a 2022 Peabody Award! WMM filmmaker Ramona Diaz (THE LEARNING) and Program alum Beth Levison were also nominated for a Peabody Award for their new…
The NYC Women’s Fund has announced its third round of funding for 2022 and nine of the grants have been awarded to WMM Filmmakers and Program alum!
Two out of the five projects selected for the PitchBLACK Forum are from WMM Filmmakers! Good luck to the WMM-sponsored teams behind WEDNESDAYS IN MISSISSIPPI (dir. Marlene McCurtis & Joy Silverman) and TRAVEL NOTES OF A GEECHEE GIRL (dir. Julie Dash & Rachel Wantanabe-Batton).
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of WHAT ABOUT CHINA?, the latest work from renowned WMM filmmaker and theorist Trinh T. Minh-ha. WHAT ABOUT CHINA?, an essayistic reflection on the rich and complex history of China and of the film medium itself, was recently selected as one of sixty-three works included in the 2022...
WMM filmmaker Jane Campion has won an Academy Award for Best Director for her latest film, THE POWER OF THE DOG. She is the first woman to receive two Oscar nominations for Best Director and the third woman director to win an Oscar.
