- 41. From 'Girlfriends' To 'My So-Called Life,' The Underrated Career Of Claudia Weill: 52 Weeks Of Directo
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- Claudia Weill’s film Girlfriends was shown as part of the lineup on TCM’s Trailblazing Women series that took place last year. The film was new to me and thought it deserved a write-up because it ...
- Created on 18 August 2016
- 42. Chantal Akerman, A Reluctantly Feminist Filmmaker: 52 Weeks Of Directors
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- ... work, which varied from the commercial to artistic to avant-garde filmmaking. A Belgian film director, her influence on feminist filmmaking and avant-garde cinema was substantial. Akerman was born in ...
- Created on 11 August 2016
- 43. Tina Fey On Her Friendship With Amy Poehler And The Wage Gap For Women In Comedy
- (Entertainment)
- ... BFFs—Fey and Poehler—give us news with a feminist edge on that same program, and then watch those BFFs go on to take both TV and Hollywood by storm. We wouldn’t have had a film like Mean Girls to tell ...
- Created on 03 August 2016
- 44. Tired Of Playing The Girlfriend, Lake Bell Got Behind The Camera: 52 Weeks Of Directors
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- After 11 years of working in television and film roles as the thankless girlfriend, wife, or best friend, actress Lake Bell finally figured out a way to put women front and center. Bell worked on ...
- Created on 30 June 2016
- 45. How Ava DuVernay Directed 'Selma' And Became A Success Without Film Schoo
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- Ava DuVernay is a name you heard a lot last year. DuVernay directed Selma, which chronicles the 1965 voting rights campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Selma is the first feature film to be made ...
- Created on 23 June 2016
- 46. Indie Filmmaker Khylen Steward Talks Dreams, Confidence, And Women Of Color In Film: BUST Interview
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- I spoke with the wonderful Khylen Steward, an independent filmmaker who recently created Creative Protest Films. Khylen shares about her big dreams in film, her recent experience at Sundance, women ...
- Created on 24 May 2016
- 47. Where Are All The Women In Film?
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- Photo by Danielle Lurie Angelenos, story-makers, film buffs, and women who put women first, be sure to catch the last dates of the completely free UCLA Film Fatales series on May 24, 26, and 31. Also ...
- Created on 23 May 2016
- 48. Women Who Slay: 12 More Stand Ups You Should Be Obsessed With
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- ... Image via travinaspringer.com Travina Springer’s comedy comes from living a sheltered life. So sheltered, that she thought Fresh Prince was gangster rap. She has acted in many films, such as ...
- Created on 13 April 2016
- 49. How "La Cienaga" Director Lucrecia Martel Became One Of Argentina's Best-Known Filmmakers: 52 Weeks Of Directors ...
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- Lucrecia Martel grew up in Salta, a northeastern province of Argentina, where her films are now often set. As a child, she planned to become a physicist. “But I started to have doubts about this career ...
- Created on 05 February 2016
- 50. BUST'S 10 Best Bets For February And March 201
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- We've collected the best new films, podcasts, television, and music for you to focus in on for the remainder of the winter months. Enjoy our ten best, we will too. 1. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ...
- Created on 28 January 2016
