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Biweekly Newsletters
Each email newsletter features a feature filmmaker, a short form filmmaker, and a crew member from below the line - all women or non-binary folks! We also include a timely headline with women-centric industry news.
Read sections from past newsletters below.

"Black and Nonbinary Actors See Representation Gains During Pandemic: Study" By: William Earl
“Representation for Black and nonbinary actors has increased significantly in TV and film since the start of the pandemic, according to a...

Filmmaker Julia Ducournau: ‘Women kicked serious ass this year’ By: Jonathan Romney
“ 'When I see a stereotype... I try to kill it' " Check out this fantastic profile on director Julia Ducournau, the second women to ever...

How Canadian Black Women in the Film Industry are Breaking the Mould By: Sumiko Wilson
““In our communities, we’re taught the scarcity mentality and that only one [of us] can get [acclaim] at a time,” she says. “It hasn’t...

AFI honors Halyna Hutchins with a scholarship for female cinematographers By: Rachel Treisman
“Hutchins ... brought her unique vision and voice to every project, and advocated for female directors and directors of photography as...

Ruthie Tompson Dies: Disney Animation Legend & Hollywood Trailblazer was 111By: Tom Tapp
“Ruthie was a legend among animators, and her creative contributions to Disney — from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers —-...

SUPPORT IATSE'S FIGHT FORBETTER WORK ENVIRONMENTS
"Throughout the bargaining process, the AMPTP has failed to work with us on addressing the most grievous problems in their workplaces,...


These Female Showrunners Reveal the Truth about Hollywood Diversity By: Nicole Laporte
“With hiring, first of all, let’s have a room with half the room that’s female. Like, why isn’t that a norm? Why is that a strange thing?...

Patricia Cardoso’s ‘Real Women Have Curves’ was landmark Latina cinema, but Hollywood shut her out.
Any fan of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES must read! “I am an artist, but I’m not thinking that I’m for a small group of people,” she says. “No,...


Streamers Put More Women in Charge of TV ShowsThan Broadcast Networks, Study Finds By: Selome Hailu
"As the entertainment industry looks to improve the ratio of female representation in television on screen and behind the scenes, a study...

American Cinematheque Series -WOMEN BEHIND CAMERAS: INDEPENDENT FILMMAKINGOF THE 70S, 80S AND 90S
Make sure to check out one of the many film screenings from indiewomenfilmmakers screening through 9/30 at the American Cinematheque!...


Greg Berlanti, Shonda Rhimes, Other Showrunners Pledge to Fund Hollywood Assistant Relief Fund
"The Hollywood Support Staff COVID-19 Relief Fund is the brainchild of PayUpHollywood, Scriptnotes, Junior Hollywood Radio & Television...


Watch the AFI Shorts!
The AFI screening was cancelled last week, but you still get to see all the amazing work by these female directors! Click here to watch...


Women Wednesday Hiatus
With all that's going on, we've decided to put WW screenings on hiatus to do our part in stopping the spread of COVID-19. We hope you're...


“No Amount Of Jail Time Will Repair The Lives He Ruined"
"Harvey Weinstein’s 23-year prison sentence triggered swift reactions from accusers and other Hollywood figures, who focused not just on...
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