movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 16-18

An Acceptable Loss Jamie Lee Curtis Tika Sumpter

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female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Adult Life Skills
Rachel Tunnard writes and directs this dramedy about a 30something woman (Jodie Whittaker) who refuses to grow up.
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female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Egg
Marianna Palka directs and Risa Mickenberg writes this comedy about surrogate pregnancy and motherhood. Starring Alysia Reiner, Christina Hendricks, and Anna Camp.
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female director, female screenwriter, female coprotagonist
What Is Democracy?
Astra Taylor writes and directs this documentary about politics and society, which features many female experts and commentators.
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female director, female screenwriter, male protagonist
All These Small Moments
Melissa B. Miller writes and directs this drama about a teenaged boy obsessed with an older woman (Jemima Kirke). Costarring Molly Ringwald.
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female director, female screenwriter, male protagonist
Who Will Write Our History
Roberta Grossman writes and directs this documentary about eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust and the man who archived them.
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male director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Unbridled
Bonne Bartron and Christy McGlothlin write this drama about a teen girl (Tea McKay) who recovers from trauma through working with horses. (male director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
An Acceptable Loss [pictured]
Tika Sumpter stars in this dramatic thriller about a high-ranking government official haunted by decisions she made in the White House. Costarring Jamie Lee Curtis. (male writer-director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
The Heiresses
Ana Brun and Margarita Irun star in this Paraguayan drama about a couple who fall on hard financial times. Costarring Ana Ivanova. (male writer-director)
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