In an extraordinary year in the film industry, more women of color directors have made an impact than ever before.
The overall percentage of women working on top-grossing films has barely budged in over 20 years.
Inspired by women's resistance, curators at more than 100 art institutions nationwide are planning exhibitions promoting social change and civic engagement.
The new documentary spotlights women’s leadership in fighting the abuse of power in the use of computer technology.
In the new season of television, women from a variety of backgrounds, many using nontraditional career paths, have become first-time showrunners.
A 75-foot mural by Chanel Miller is among the works displayed in the museum's new Wilbur Gallery.
The docuseries, And She Could Be Next, shows that women of color are “changing what the face of leadership looks like” in the United States.
Groundbreaking writer-director Alice Wu surprises with her long-awaited second feature.
“On the Record” focuses on empowering Black women in the #MeToo movement.
More documentary films by and about women are getting awards recognition and finding sizeable audiences. Here is a list of docs, released over the last year, that are available for streaming.
It’s taken nearly 100 years, but the Land O’Lakes company has finally removed the image of a kneeling Native American woman—nicknamed “Mia”—from its packaging.
These recent works by Black women historians challenge conventional narratives of the history of the United States.
In the powerful new film "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," a teenager has to cross state lines to seek abortion care.
The new film by Céline Sciamma places equality at the center of a love story.
Some large art museums are starting to address the glaring underrepresentation of women artists and artists of color.
As of January 29, there is a code of conduct set in writing for how simulated sex scenes in movies and TV should be conducted.
In creating the movie ”The Assistant,” writer/director Kitty Green interviewed more than 100 women who worked or had worked at Weinstein’s companies, as well as women at other studios and agencies.
It’s awards season. Which means it is again the time of year in which women realize they’ve been snubbed, blocked, ignored, skipped over…however you want to put it, it’s the season in which women are consistently losers to the patriarchy, and this year is no different.
The Black Lives Matter co-founder is directing a new program for artists that connects creativity and activism.
The continued exclusion of female talent shows that major awards are based not on merit but on the biases of individuals.
Although several major film festivals have pledged to have equal representation for female directors by 2020, progress has been slow. Here is our year-end follow-up to our midyear report on how they are doing.
Cardinal's role in ABC's Stumptown — a tough, complex CEO — is one of the most prominent indigenous characters ever to appear on U.S. television.
In her posthumous memoir, Edie Windsor details her vivacious sex life and in the process shatters stereotypes not only about lesbians but about older women in general.
Showcases at New York Comic Con, an annual event for pop culture fans, indicate that the future is getting brighter for on-camera female representation in superhero/sci-fi films and TV. Behind the camera, progress has been much slower.
Even though Latinos are 18.3 percent of the U.S. population, research has found that only 4.5 percent of all speaking characters in top films are Latino — a number that has changed little over the years.