The progress Hollywood has made in recent years in behind-the-scenes and on-screen representation could be reversed if the strike is settled unfavorably for writers.
Women who are starring in TV series are taking more creative control in their shows.
“The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium” is a project that uses women's artwork to offer an alternative narrative to colonial-era postcards that framed MENA women as “exotic.”
As we approach what would have been Toni Morrison’s 92nd birthday, the author reckons with the deep impact of Morrison and her work, and living with the loss of this towering literary and cultural presence.
Two major reports on women’s participation in behind-the-camera jobs shows little progress over many years, as the percentage of women in these principal creative positions still has not topped 25%.
The documentary Nothing Compares provides a necessary reassessment of the Irish singer’s legacy.
Two new studies show that the percentage of women in key behind-the-scenes jobs has barely budged in recent years.
Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than are white women. The new documentary Aftershock tells the stories of some of those women, and how their families are channeling grief into action.
A documentary and a dramatic film give a chilling portrait of the crushing impact of abortion bans — and of the courageous women who provided abortion care in pre-Roe Illinois.
Suffs, at the Public Theater in New York, does not shy away from the darker aspects of the suffrage movement, including conflicts among women.
Sculptor Amanda Matthews created the Girl Puzzle monument honoring Bly and dedicated to women whose histories are absent in public art.
More Black women than ever before are becoming showrunners, controlling the narrative and giving valuable opportunities to other Black women for behind-the-scenes jobs.
As Saudi Arabia’s film industry expands, women see new opportunities.
While still a minority of those whose movies are selected to represent their nations in the category, women filmmakers often offer a distinct, female-centered point of view.
The first-of-its-kind show highlights the experiences of women in West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia while examining the intersectionalities of race, migration, and class.
The filmmakers who created the Emmy-winning RBG turn the spotlight on the chef and author who was “deceptively groundbreaking and culturally important.”
An ensemble of young women is helping to revive Sufi music, a traditionally male bastion.
The artist, perhaps best known for The Dinner Party, is being recognized with the first comprehensive retrospective of her decades-long career, at San Francisco’s de Young Museum.
Seyran Ateş established a mosque in Berlin that is inclusive and encourages discussion and debate.
For the film, which won major accolades at Sundance, writer/director Siân Heder cast deaf actors in the roles of deaf characters and ensured the participation of deaf people in other aspects of the production.
The new documentary, Pray Away, offers surprising and nuanced insights.
In this Q and A, the screenwriters reveal how the woeful sex education they experienced as teens in Texas fueled the plot of their new teen road-trip movie.
The exhibit coincides with the #LanAsket (“I will not be silenced”) movement against gender-based violence and harassment.
Composers of color are still rare in Hollywood. Here’s how some in the industry are working to change that.
Well known for their work on screen, actresses including Halle Berry, Robin Wright, and Taraji P. Henson are now directing feature films.