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The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards nominations have been announced and 5 WMM PA Program Projects and filmmakers are on the list! The Documentary ceremony will broadcast live on Thursday, September 26th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The following films made with the support of our Production Assistance Program are nominated: NO ACCIDENT (dir....
WMM release ILLUSIONS, a breakthrough film by the legendary Julie Dash (DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST), which WMM has been proud to distribute since the ’80s, has been restored. IndieCollect has completed the 4K restoration of ILLUSIONS. This restored version is premiering as part of “Passing You By: Impostorism on Film,” curated by Jessica Green. Made...
“Aunt Fannie Lou experienced things that many people today can’t even begin to imagine: The atrocities of Jim Crow and segregation, gross miscarriages of justice and the constant threat of intimidation and death. Her vision of equal rights for everyone has yet to fully materialize. But her sacrifices and her efforts to achieve that goal should...
WMM release ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY (dir. Jean Carlomusto) has been prominently featured in a recent article on Medium titled “Esther Newton Won’t Make You Gay,” written by Melinda Blau. This insightful article accompanies a special episode of the Crow’s Feet podcast, “Finally Celebrated: Esther Newton’s Journey from Outlier to LGBTQ.” Clips from the...
“If you want your life to get better, you’ve got to fight for it!” These powerful words from Ruby Duncan set the tone for the unforgettable event centered around the screening of the award-winning WMM release STORMING CAESARS PALACE (dir. Hazel Gurland-Pooler) at The National Women’s History Museum. This free event provided attendees with a...
WMM and Jacob Burns Film Center have joined together to offer the inaugural JBFC/WMM Artist-in-Residency prize to the Best Project presented by a Woman Director at DocsBarcelona. We are very pleased to be collaborating with the wonderful Jacob Burns Film Center in acknowledgment of DocsBarcelona’s ongoing commitment to gender equity. The award will come with...
Women Make Movies is deeply appreciative of continued support from the Jerome Foundation; we are honored to be one of the recipients of their recently announced grants to arts organizations. We will be using our 2-year grant to support the Next Step Fellowship, a new initiative that will provide additional one-on-one support to a select...
The 2024 Whitney Biennial, called “the most prominent showcase of American art” by the New York Times, is open now through August 11, and three WMM filmmakers have new works in this prestigious exhibition. SPIRIT EMULSION, an experimental short by Siku Allooloo (Indígena), explores the rich narratives of Indigenous life through Super 8mm film and digital video, revealing deep connections to...
Nominated for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, Women Make Movies’s new release BYE BYE TIBERIAS (dir. Lina Soualem) is now playing in theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. The film had its NY theatrical premiere on January 12 at the Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film with a SOLD...
