Female Filmmakers Shine at Tribeca
I’ve been following female filmmakers ever since I wrote a story on the subject for Moviemaker Magazine a few years ago. A couple of good sites are Women in Film and Movies by Women.
Female documentary makers are taking the Tribeca Film Festival by storm this year.
“We have stories out there that need to be told, and the time has come to tell them,” said Sheila Johnson, producer of A Powerful Noise, a portrait of female activists and one of dozens of female-helmed docs playing at Tribeca this year.
A Powerful Noise features three extraordinary women in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mali and Vietnam who lead battles against poverty, oppression, and ignorance.
More after the jump…
In a Hollywood Reporter story, Nancy Schafer, co-executive director of the festival and senior vp of Tribeca Enterprises, said a common theme is “the empowerment of women,” with everything from shorts to full-length features in the mix.
Other female-helmed films at Tribeca include Lioness, Gotta Dance, Going on 13, Marina of the Zabbaleen and Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which won the festival’s award for best documentary feature. The film revolves around a group of Liberian women who joined forces and stood up to the corrupt Charles Taylor regime during the country’s violent civil war.
“It says something about all women who are tired of war, but need to have it at their doorsteps to do something about it,” notes Abigail Disney, the film’s producer. “Even though they were afraid of being beaten and killed, they were able to collaborate and appeal to soldiers with the moral authority of mothers.”
Lioness recounts the experiences of five female soldiers in Iraq who, despite Department of Defense policy banning women from direct combat, have been serving on the front lines since 2003.
Check out the trailer for A Powerful Noise:
Images: A Powerful Noise, Crawford Communications, 2008; Lioness, Room 11 Productions, 2008
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