52 Films By Women: #23 IS GOD IS (2026) by Aleshea Harris
Overview: This is a beautiful, poignant, and brutal story about two Black sisters, Racine the tough one and Anaia the quiet one, who set out to uncover their roots. In doing so, they discover much more about themselves and the boundaries in life. First Thoughts: Is God IS felt as if Precious, Thelma &…
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Speak No Evil (2024) USA
Speak No Evil (2024) Overview/Synopsis In this 2024 remake of the Danish thriller Speak No Evil (2022), two families—one polite and reserved, the other socially forward—meet during a holiday in Italy. After their initial vacation together, the socially forward couple, portrayed by James McAvoy and Aisling Franciosi, sends a postcard inviting the polite couple, played…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #20 Never Let Go (2024) [USA] Produced by & Starring by Halle Berry
Never Let Go Starring/Produced by: Halle Berry Directed by : Alexander Aja Written by: Kevin Coughlin; Ryan Grassby USA (2024) Overview/Synopsis Going into Never Let Go, I was both excited and nervous. I was thrilled to see a Black leading lady carry a film, but I also wondered how the public would receive her performance.…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #18 Leave No Trace (2018) [USA] Written by Debra Granik
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #18 Leave No Trace (2018) USA Written by Debra Granik What do you do when that stray that you love, is your dad? First off, before getting into this wonderful film, hats off to Debra Granik in making the most poignant film/character study/ Love Letter to the idea of “Daddy’s little…
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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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The Beguiled (2017) USA (with The Script podcast)
Civil War Feminism…Without Black Women, but appropriating their style? Sofia said in Vanity Fair “I did not want to perpetuate an objectionable stereotype where facts and history supported my choice of setting the story of these white women in complete isolation, after the slaves had escaped. Moreover, I felt that to treat slavery as a…
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