Sexism stands at the door : 11 female film-makers written out of mainstream Hollywood history
The woman stays in the picture … Alice Guy-Blaché, top left, on the France set of The Life of Christ in 1906. Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy
The woman stays in the picture … Alice Guy-Blaché, top left, on the France set of The Life of Christ in 1906. Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy
Maya Angelou and Jean Seberg were just some of the women who faced everything from racism and sexism to transphobia, yet produced some of cinema’s most defining pictures
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By Princess WeekesFeb 8th, 2021, 11:55 am
HBO has finally released
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge for streaming on HBO Max. I excitedly took the time to watch it this weekend and I was blown away by the powerful legacy of Dorothy Dandridge, as well as Halle Berry’s performance as the star. She was magnetic and used her own sex appeal, charm, and adoration to bring Dandridge to life.
The film shows the life and rising star that was Dorothy Dandridge, who went from the Chitlin’ Circuit to a promising music career, and the pinnacle of her stardom as the star of Carmen Jones in 1954. While the film doesn’t cover every aspect of Dandridge’s life, what it fantastically illustrates is that the actress was a victim of the dual sins of being Black and a woman in the 1950s.
Berlin: The Berlin International Film Festival on Monday released the list of films to be screened under its Generation and Retrospective sections at the upcoming of the movie gala, with the former segment featuring a majority of its movies directed by women.
A half-century after its bracing debut, sitcom âAll in the Familyâ speaks to todayâs conflicts
The issues and lessons of âAll in the Familyâ still resonate
By David M. Shribman Globe Correspondent,Updated January 9, 2021, 3:54 p.m.
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Actor Carroll O Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family. AP
One of them spewed ethnic slurs. Another was flighty and yet grounded. A third loved to dance, and danced around her parentsâ bickering. And the last of them
was a rebel without a pause.
They were Archie, Edith, Gloria, and Meathead. Actually the fourth oneâs name was Mike but few today remember that. Even now, a half-century later, they need no introduction, nor