“Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies” sets out to document that women have been in the film business since the flickering early days of its existence. The lavishly illustrated book provides information on approximately 1200 women in film, starting with Alice Guy-Blaché in 1896.
Today is Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day 2021. In this tumultuous year, WomenArts President Martha Richards reflects on the power of women artists to create positive change. She is hopeful because she believes that women artists have the imagination to help the world recover.
The 85th Academy Awards will be handed out this Sunday, but once again, talented women are being ignored for the top honors. The Academy’s record on women is abysmal, but […]
(Note: This is a special guest column by our resident film critic, Jan Lisa Huttner, who also blogs as The Hot Pink Pen. ) Click for Jan’s Oscar Graphic Well, […]
The recent batch of Oscar nominations show the absolute necessity for groups like Chicken and Egg Pictures that support women filmmakers with mentorship and grants. The fact that two women-directed […]
In This Issue • Famke Janssen Celebrates Women Artists • Centre Pompidou Devotes Entire Museum to Women • Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow!! • Other SWAN Day Announcements Famke Janssen Celebrates Women Artists For this […]
by Sarah Browning Thanks to the hard work of Professor Martha Lauzen, we’ve known the ugly news for several years: Hollywood is inhospitable to women directors. Only 5% of the […]
Interviews with Three Filmmakers from the WomenArts Network Since Hollywood is not telling our stories, we decided to profile three women who make highly personal films on issues such as […]
The Academy Awards ceremony is upon us, and once again, women’s films are completely absent. There are no Oscar nominations for a woman-directed film for Best Picture, none for Best […]