September 7, 2020
One of filmmaker Judith Helfand’s earliest works, the Peabody Award-winning A Healthy Baby Girl , documents her diagnosis with cervical cancer—the
Docs about Women
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August 29, 2020The first time an episodic series was programmed on opening day of the Sundance Film Festival happened a lifetime ago—i.e., just this past January.
August 20, 2020Reclaiming and reshaping narrative around Black women by Black women is liberatory work, and is what Oge Egbuonu executes so carefully and lovingly
June 26, 2020And She Could Be Next , directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia, is a two-part docuseries that follows the campaigns of six women of color running
June 15, 2020Belly of the Beast , Erika Cohn's follow-up to her multi-award-winning The Judge , tracks down a previously little-known story about enforced—and
May 27, 2020On December 3, 2019, it was announced that directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering had collaborated with Oprah Winfrey on a documentary called On The
February 7, 2020Syrian documentary filmmaker Feras Fayyad has been battling his whole professional life. First, he was battling to keep his family safe (he's still
February 1, 2020Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an ultra-conservative patriarchal society? If your answer is, "No, it's already depressing
November 16, 2019For Sama , shot, directed and produced by Waad al-Kateab, is a harrowing love letter to al-Kateab’s daughter Sama, who was born on the last day of
October 25, 2019"Loves being pregnant" is not usually a statement found on one’s bio, but it’s certainly relevant information when it comes to Nicole Williamson. The