Move over Wonder Woman, our new favorite femme superheroes are these two Afghan women: Nilofar and Shakila. As professionals, one a journalist and the other a politician, both are part of a “presumed” post-Taliban... https://t.co/3de6NT5vPB
Woah, almost missed this. Thank you Portland Tribune for highlighting Facing the Dragon, a feature documentary directed by Sedika Mojadidi we are screening in this years POW line up! Don't miss out on this powerful film on women leaders in Afghanistan. https://t.co/a6NfkT2gcO
Domee Shi, director of Pixar's Bao, received the Oscar for Best Animated Short alongside producer Becky Neiman-Cobb. In addition to being the only woman to have directed a Pixar short film, Shi became the first woman of color to receive this award. https://t.co/YG6VIilLVK
Awesome and historical win! Period. End of Sentence — the short documentary dedicated to fighting period stigma — got a whole lot of love from Academy. And Rayka Zehtabchi, the 25-year-old director, became the first Iranian-American woman to ever win... https://t.co/2SeerhFTO7
Hey Portland,
This year we are posthumously honoring the filmmaker
Kathleen Collins - an SNCC activist, writer, filmmaker, and professor with her film LOSING GROUND (1982), considered one of the first narrative... https://t.co/NgXV6nWWhD
Hey Portland,
Tonight a NW Film Center there will be a screening of Amy Adrion's film HALF THE PICTURE -
a documentary film that celebrates the groundbreaking work of female film directors and investigates the... https://t.co/079ktks8m8