movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Sep 21
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Love, Gilda
Lisa Dapolito directs this documentary about comedian Gilda Radner.
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Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable
Sasha Waters Freyer directs this documentary about the photographer Garry Winogrand.
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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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Colette
Rebecca Lenkiewicz cowrites this historical docudrama about the French writer (Keira Knightley). (male director)
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Call Her Ganda
Victoria Chalk cowrites this documentary about three women investigating the murder of a trans woman. (male director)
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White Rabbit
Performance artist Vivian Bang is centered in this documentary about her work. (male director)
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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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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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Beyond the Sky
Rebecca Berrih cowrites this sci-fi thriller about alien abduction. (male director)
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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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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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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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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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Abra | Assassination Nation | Beyond the Sky | Brooklyn Rae Silzer | Call Her Ganda | Colette | Constance Towers | Eileen Atkins | Elizabeth Bull | Emma Roberts | Garry Winogrand | Garry Winogrand All Things Are Photographable | Gilda Radner | Happening of Monumental Proportions | Hari Nef | Intelligent Lives | Joan Plowright | Jody Becker | Judi Dench | Judy Greer | Keira Knightley | Kristina Wagner | Lisa Dapolito | Little Italy | Los Angeles | Love Gilda | Maggie Smith | Odessa Young | Rachel Noll James | Rebecca Berrih | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | Samantha Colburn | Sasha Waters Freyer | Song of Sway Lake | Storyteller | Suki Waterhouse | Tea with the Dames (aka Nothing Like a Dame) | Victoria Chalk | Vivian Bang | White Rabbit