movies by or about women opening US/Can Oct 25

Black and Blue Naomie Harris

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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
Black and Blue [pictured]
Naomie Harris stars in this crime drama about a rookie police officer who faces a dilemma when she witnesses fellow cops committing murder. (male writer and director)
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female director, female screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Bobette Buster writes and Midge Costin directs this documentary about this history of sound on film, and how sound is designed and created for the big screen.
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female director, female screenwriter, male protagonist
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
April Wright writes and directs this documentary about the evolution of the movie business over the past century.
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female director, female coscreenwriter, female protagonist
Paradise Hills
Alice Waddington cowrites and directs this sci-fi thriller about a teen girl (Emma Roberts) trapped in a girls’ school that isn’t as idyllic as it seems.
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
Burning Cane
Karen Kaia Livers stars in this drama about a mother caught in a dilemma between her religious convictions and the love of her son. (male writer-director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Frankie
Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, and Sennia Nanua costar in this ensemble drama set in a picturesque vacation town in Portugal. (male writers and director)
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