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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Sep 21

Fri Sep 21 2018, 10:46pm | 0 comments

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female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Love, Gilda
Lisa Dapolito directs this documentary about comedian Gilda Radner.
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female director, female screenwriter, male protagonist
Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable
Sasha Waters Freyer directs this documentary about the photographer Garry Winogrand.
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female director, male screenwriter, male protagonist
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Judy Greer directs this (primarily male) ensemble drama about everyday life in Los Angeles. (male writer)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, female protagonist
Colette
Rebecca Lenkiewicz cowrites this historical docudrama about the French writer (Keira Knightley). (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, female protagonist
Call Her Ganda
Victoria Chalk cowrites this documentary about three women investigating the murder of a trans woman. (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, female protagonist
White Rabbit
Performance artist Vivian Bang is centered in this documentary about her work. (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, female coprotagonist
Intelligent Lives
Jody Becker cowrites this documentary about the battle to transform the image of people with intellectual disabilities. (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, female coprotagonist
The Storyteller
Rachel Noll James cowrites this family fantasy about a magical little girl (Brooklyn Rae Silzer) who transforms a family. Costarring Constance Towers, Kristina Wagner, and Samantha Colburn. (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, male protagonist
Beyond the Sky
Rebecca Berrih cowrites this sci-fi thriller about alien abduction. (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, male protagonist
The Song of Sway Lake
Elizabeth Bull cowrites this coming-of-age drama about young men planning a heist of family heirlooms. (male director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
Tea with the Dames (aka Nothing Like a Dame)
Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith appear in this documentary chatting their careers, their fears, and their friendship. (male director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
Assassination Nation [pictured]
Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, and Abra star in this action comedy about modern female teenhood. (male writer-director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Little Italy
Emma Roberts costars in this romantic comedy about a couple trying to maintain a relationship amidst warring families. (male writers and director)
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