52 Films By Women: #22 The Nanny (2022) by Nikyatu Jusu
The Nanny Starring: Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan Written and Directed by: Nikyatu Jusu USA (2022) Overview Nanny by Nikyatu Jusu is a slow, quiet burn that really sits with you. It’s not just a story about a nanny—it’s about motherhood, sacrifice, and what it means to hold things together while everything around you…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #14. What Happened Miss Simone (2015) [USA] – Liz Garbus
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #14. What Happened Miss Simone (2015) U.S.A. Liz Garbus Hands down, this documentary opening is the most captivating, that I’ve ever seen. Many artist claim to give themselves to the audience but here we are observed by Nina! Are we worthy of her performance? We wait in silence as she…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #11. 13 (2016) [USA] – Ava DuVernay
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #11. 13 (2016) U.S.A. – Ava DuVernay We just want to “Make America Great Again” = $$ profit. Ava DuVernay and her team have done a phenomenal job highlighting the bias and corporate greed entrenched in America’s justice system. The experts she interviews, from both sides of the political aisle,…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #9. The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017) [USA] – Nancy Buirski
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #9. The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017) U.S.A. – Nancy Buirski A mother walking home from evening service with 2 friends is accosted by six men, kidnapped and raped. There would be justice. In 1944, a Black mother walking home from evening service with friends a black couple in…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #7. Mudbound (2017) [USA] – Dee Rees
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #7. Mudbound (2017) U.S.A. Directed by Dee Rees When two men return home from the war to their families, though they find each other’s friendship as a PTSD coping mechanism…the town is not quite ready to offer them equal amounts of respect. The film is a powerful slow burn, that paints…
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Abby (1974) USA – Hosting at Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn Tonight!
TERROR TUESDAY @ Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn NY Tuesday October 10th, 2017 9:30pm Hosted by filmmaker/writer Kristina Leath-Malin. Moving is never easy. Especially when your spouse is a groin-kicking, goo-spewing, sex-addicted spawn of the devil! When William “BLACULA” Marshall unleashes a demonic sex spirit named Ishu, Abby gets possessed while she and her husband move into…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #3. Bande De Filles “Girlhood” (2015) [France] – Céline Sciamma
#3. Bande De Filles “Girlhood” (2015) France by Céline Sciamma #52FilmsByWomen REVIEW TO RETURN SHORTLY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORJ7l696tWA
52 Films By Women – Step is Life by Amanda Lipitz (2017) USA
Advocacy#STEP #StepIsLife #BlackGirlMagic 2 women …(yes I must note Caucasian for specific reasons of intent and personal motivation) set out to tackle “American Blackness” and “Black history” Major Historical Event… #1 “STEP” Amanda Lipitz (Baltimore angst right after Freddie Gray verdict) And then #2 “Detroit” Kathryn Bigalow (The 1967 Detroit riots) Both films open this…
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