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The world of documentary film and the Oscars were criticized in 2016 by entertainment attorney Victoria Cook, who commented that there is a “misperception that the (feature) documentary category is more inclusive, less sexist and less racist than the other categories" and noted that only two female documentary filmmakers have won Oscars in ...
The film features Walsh asking "What is a woman?" and related questions to a variety of people. It discusses topics such as sex reassignment surgery, puberty blockers, transgender youth, and transgender athletes in women's sports.
WETA-TV. Release. February 26, 2013. ( 2013-02-26) Makers: Women Who Make America is a 2013 documentary film about the struggle for women's equality in the United States during the last five decades of the 20th century. The film was narrated by Meryl Streep and distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service as a three-part, three-hour ...
He Named Me Malala is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim.The film presents the young Pakistani female activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who has spoken out for the rights of girls, especially the right to education, since she was very young.
While there is still a gap between the percent of female and male filmmakers, women tend to be more involved in documentary films. There is a higher percentage of women directing documentaries than women directing narrative films. [33] There came a point where female directors were barely noticed or not recognized at all.
Miss Representation is a 2011 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. [1] [2] The film explores how mainstream media contributes to the under-representation of women in influential positions by circulating limited and often disparaging portrayals of women.
B. Beah: A Black Woman Speaks. Betty White: A Celebration. Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. Bond Girls Are Forever. Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power.
Killing Us Softly is an American documentary series by Jean Kilbourne, produced and distributed by the Media Education Foundation.First released in 1979 and since revised and updated three times, most recently in 2010, it focuses on images of women in advertising; in particular on gender stereotypes, the effects of advertising on women's self-image, and the objectification of women's bodies.