- 1. 14 Inspiring Celebrities Who Came Out Later in Life, On Their Own Terms
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- The fact that Diana Ross’ R&B pop hit “I’m Coming Out” was released in 1980 and is still popular to this day is a testament to the idea that there is no expiration date for choosing to embrace your ...
- Created on 14 September 2022
- 2. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
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- ... the lives of several troubled prep-schoolers. 8. Nia DaCosta DaCosta’s career took off when her first feature film Little Woods (2018) premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. Starring Tessa Thompson, ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 3. A Lady, Liberated: Julia Lindon On Depicting An Honest Coming Out Story In Her New Short Film
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- ... partner doesn’t need to be using condoms is perhaps the funniest line of the whole short film. Lindon, who plays the main character, is also the writer and producer of the short, which premiered at Tribeca ...
- Created on 14 October 2020
- 4. Meet The Marvel Cinematic Universe's First Black Woman Director, Nia DaCosta ...
- (Movies)
- ... wanted to be a writer-director, and she’s right." Her directorial debut, Little Woods, was received with much kudos and went on to win the Nora Ephron Award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, where it ...
- Created on 06 August 2020
- 5. Big Freedia Opens Up About Beyoncé, Bounce, Being Black in New Orleans, and Her Boo: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... paperback. Her documentary film, Freedia Got a Gun—about the death of her brother due to gun violence and her advocacy for getting guns off the streets of New Orleans—was about to premiere at the Tribeca ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 6. Director Aly Migliori’s Feminist “Twist” On The Thriller Genre
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- ... Migliori’s third short film, the 10-minute thriller Twist, illuminates the unspoken, the unseen, and the uncertain in the female experience. The film, which premieres at Tribeca Film Festival on April ...
- Created on 25 April 2019
- 7. “Into My Life” Filmmakers Showcase A Mother And Daughter’s Memories Living In Brooklyn’s Largest Affordable Housing Co-Op
- (Arts)
- ... and archive with us. We felt very fortunate to collaborate with her throughout the process. Photo of the directors with Cassandra at the premiere of Into My Life at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. ...
- Created on 21 March 2019
- 8. "Green Book" Director Peter Farrelly Has A History Of Sexual Misconduc
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- At this point, it’s public knowledge that Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer is facing allegations of sexual assault—and his film still won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Another Best ...
- Created on 10 January 2019
- 9. Sarah Jessica Parker On Her All-Female Production Company: “We’re Trying To Find The Stories That Haven’t Been Told”
- (TV)
- ... Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, this summer. In conversation with sportscaster Mary Carillo at Tribeca Film Festival last week, Parker explained that her production company’s staff is all women, ...
- Created on 30 April 2018
- 10. “Drunk History” Creators: Telling More Inclusive Stories Makes For Better TV
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- At a Tribeca Film Festival event, Drunk History co-creators Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner talked about the process of creating the show after showing a series scenes from upcoming episodes (including ...
- Created on 30 April 2018
- 11. Nancy Meyers Wasn’t Allowed To Be Alone On The First Movie She Produced
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- ... on the Price Is Right, the world has changed. In conversation with film critic Carrie Rickey during Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, Meyers—now 68—recalled the ridiculously sexist line in her contract ...
- Created on 26 April 2018
- 12. The New Documentary “Love, Gilda” Tells Gilda Radner’s Story In Her Own Words
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- The new documentary Love, Gilda, which premiered at Tribeca Film Fest and hits theaters on September 21, seems to do the impossible by having comedian Gilda Radner herself narrate the documentary, ...
- Created on 25 April 2018
- 13. "Roll Red Roll" Shows How The Steubenville Rape Case Became An International Stor
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- ... and premiering at Tribeca Film Festival, revisits the Steubenville rape case, tracing what we know about what happened that night; examining how and why the rape case made international news; and exploring ...
- Created on 24 April 2018
- 14. "Little Woods" Tells A Story Of Two Sisters Living Below The Poverty Lin
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- In a Q&A at the end of the Tribeca Film Festival premiere, Little Woods director Nia DaCosta joked that upon hearing the plot, some New Yorkers asked her if the movie took place in the past or in a ...
- Created on 24 April 2018
- 15. Tess Sweet Was Addicted To Heroin, And She Wants You To Laugh About It
- (TV)
- ... writer and producer of Cleaner Daze, a web series about a youth rehab facility that’s now screening on YouTube and Vimeo after a sn appearance at the Tribeca TV Festival. Her appearance, now, is just ...
- Created on 23 April 2018
- 16. In "Blowin' Up," Women Work To Change The Way We Prosecute Arrested Sex Worker
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- Blowin’ Up, which premiered April 21st at Tribeca FIlm Festival, divulges the everyday realities of an experimental courtroom in New York City working to change the way that women who have been arrested ...
- Created on 11 April 2018
- 17. Luka Kain Plays A Genderqueer Teen In The Beautiful New Musical "Saturday Church": BUST Intervie
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- Saturday Church, a visually striking indie musical that has been making the rounds since its debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, is heading to theaters this weekend. It’s a coming of age story ...
- Created on 12 January 2018
- 18. 37 Problems Is A Comedy About Adulting And The Pressures Of Fertility: BUST Interview With Lisa Ebersole
- (TV)
- ... of fresh air, and we aren’t the only ones who think so! 37 Problems was an official selection of the Austin Film Festival and, most recently, Lisa Ebersole was selected for the Tribeca Film Festival’s ...
- Created on 16 May 2017
- 19. This Feminist Horror Director Puts People Of Color In The Spotlight: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... mandate — but because they believe that’s what's necessary." You can catch a premiere screening of MA at the Cinépolis Chelsea Theater as part of Tribeca Film Festival's N.O.W. (New Online Work) Showcase. ...
- Created on 28 April 2017
- 20. Feminist documentarians with their own production company
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- ... New Yorker cartoonists that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Kate Trumbull-Lavalle was an associate producer and assistant editor for the 2015 film No Mas Bebes, which detailed the horrific coercive ...
- Created on 26 April 2017
