movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 17

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Bombshell [pictured]
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie star in this based-on-fact drama about sexual harassment at Fox News. (male writer and director)
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Pamela B. Green directs and cowrites, with Joan Simon, this documentary mystery about the nearly forgotten pioneer of early cinema.
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male director, female coscreenwriter, female protagonist
Midnight Traveller
Emelie Coleman Mahdavian writes this documentary about a family fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan. (male director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Waves
Taylor Russell costars in this drama about the trials and tragedies of an upscale African-American family. (male writer-director)
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