By Emily Wilson
Arts commentator Emily Wilson talked to singer and composer Jewlia Eisenberg about her latest installation in San Francisco, a project that brings to life the ancient, secret writings of women in what is now Iraq.
At the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco, some people are gathered in a double [...]
By Emily Wilson
The author interviews the maker of a documentary that captures a prolific period of feminist art, focusing on the collective as, according to the film web site, “a microcosm of the larger international women’s movement, in which thousands of small, private groups of women met together in forms unique to their own settings.”
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By Emily Wilson
Director Kamala Lopez’s film tells the story of the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, one who bridged the suffrage, civil liberties, anti-war and women’s movements of 20th century America.
Throughout her life, feminist and pacifist Jeannette Rankin made history. In 1916, the people of Montana elected her to represent them in [...]
By Emily Wilson
With the confidence of a seasoned performer, Gabourey Sidibe portrays a particular character with universal appeal. The movie, based on a Sapphire novel, opens in limited release on Friday.
In Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, Gabourey Sidibe plays the title role of the obese Harlem teenager caught up in a cycle of [...]
By Emily Wilson
Produced by filmmaker Madeleine Lim, herself an immigrant from Singapore, the San Francisco festival gives newly trained queer women of color a showcase for their short films—and also feeds into the larger Frameline festival, which begins this week.
Madeleine Lim believes film is too powerful a medium to be left in the hands of [...]
By Emily Wilson
Now in her sixth full term in the House of Representatives, the congresswoman holds to her radical roots, explaining in her new book just how mainstream those revolutionary programs have become. Currently chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, she spoke to author Emily Wilson of her need to define herself.
Barbara Lee, the Democratic [...]
By Emily Wilson
Stung by Michael Savage’s attack on children with autism and their parents, playwright Carolyn Doyle, in a one-woman performance currently running in San Francisco, uses her craft to show how a family navigates a mysterious world.
Carolyn Doyle doesn’t listen to conservative host Michael Savage’s radio show, “The Savage Nation.” So she didn’t hear [...]
Kimberlee Bassford discovers a subject for her documentary who had crafted the laws that made it possible for the filmmaker to
achieve her education and career.
Growing up in Honolulu, 32-year-old filmmaker Kimberlee Bassford had heard about U.S. Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink, but it wasn’t till Mink died in 2002 that Bassford realized the Hawaii congresswoman’s impact.
“I [...]
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