I Have a Dream ... About Women Filmmakers
January, 22, 2013 3:37 pm | Comments On #MoviesLincoln freed the slaves, and 100 years later Martin Luther King called on Americans to rectify the unjust practices directed against people of color. Since the 1970s, though, who speaks forcefully in defense of women’s right to co-decide the diverse, multi-layered image of women to be presented in film and on television?
I’m happy that the Golden Globes was enlivened by the humor of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler; that a woman, Jodie Foster, was honored for her body of film work, and that the ode to a misfit, “Girls,” earned its awards. I’m less ecstatic that the number of woman-directed films leaped from 7 to 9 percent this year. It’s still an appallingly low figure.
As a member of the New York Women in Film and Television, I know there are creative, tenacious talented females with a rich variety of tales to tell that...
Read MoreA Wake-Up Call for Women Producers
June, 22, 2012 9:52 am | Comments On #movie industry, Movies, Women in Film, women producers, women's historyMarch may be Women's History Month, but we should be working actively all year to have more women's work on film and on stages. We cannot accept the lowly statistics without activism. It's not that women aren't writing enough or aren't trying to get produced. There are a lot of closed doors. Rather than belabor why, we need to cultivate more women producers.
Let's review what we've been taught as young girls that may not have been the best advice. I'm willing to use myself as a guinea pig.
"Don't be a brat." Those of us who were called "stubborn" and "strong-willed" as children knew clearly what...
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Barbara Sutton Masry is a screenwriter/ playwright/ producer, who has two films in development, "A Wake-up Call" and "Love Potion No. 10."
