Women and Hollywood

Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry.

She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC.

Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.

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Blog Roll

'Borgen' Is Back

Television

I have been a huge fan of Borgen since the moment I started watching it. It has become a huge success and won the BAFTA last weekend for International TV show. Season two starts this Sunday, June 3 at 9pm on LINK TV. You gotta do a bit of work to find the channel (I am on direct TV and we have it- DIRECTV channel 375 and Dish Network channel 9410.) Here is info on Link TV. If you don't get the station you can also stream the episode for free for 2 weeks here.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 31, 2012 12:35 PM
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Blogs

Media personalities Georgie Thompson, one of the faces of Sky Sports out of England, and Imogen Lloyd Webber (yes, she is Andrew Lloyd Webber's daughter), an MSNBC commentator, have teamed up to author the newly released The Twitter Diaries, a book told all through DM tweets.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 31, 2012 10:45 AM
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Interview with Pink Ribbons Director Lea Pool and Producer Ravida Din

Blogs

This is a repost of an interview with the director Lea Pool and producer Ravida Din of the terrific and anger producing documentary Pink Ribbons that was conducted shortly after last fall's Toronto Film Festival. The film opens in the US tomorrow.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 31, 2012 9:02 AM
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Blogs

The 10th edition of AFI Silver Docs Festival will take place in Washington DC from June 18-24. It will open with Ramona Diaz' crowd pleaser DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’: EVERYMAN’S JOURNEY. If you like docs this seems like a great place to go. Info here.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 30, 2012 11:56 AM
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Video

Not woman centric but the trailer features Anne Hathaway singing I Dreamed a Dream. This looks really great. Opens December 7.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 30, 2012 10:28 AM
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Blogs

Writing a blog for a website called Women & Hollywood presents an interesting opportunity for this film composer who dwells primarily in the world of independent documentaries. While not really being part of Hollywood’s entertainment mainstream, I’ve had many of the same experiences as my Hollywood counterparts, albeit on a smaller scale, and as part of a different kind of film business model/culture. But in the end, scoring is scoring and we are faced with the same challenges: getting the gigs, working with directors, editors, producers, providing endless streams of creative ideas, meeting deadlines, staying within budget in the face of unending changes, inspiring musicians, planning and organizing sessions, music preparation and mixing.

By Miriam Cutler
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May 30, 2012 10:02 AM
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Blogs

Cannes wrapped up this weekend with Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke winning the Palme d'Or for Amour. He also won the Palme d'Or in 2009 for the last film he had in the festival, White Ribbon.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 29, 2012 11:25 AM
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Trailer Watch: Fast Girls

Video

Just in time for the Olympics here come Fast Girls. Could this be a new Bend it Like Beckham? Opens in the UK on June 15.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 29, 2012 10:49 AM
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Blogs

Films About Women Now Playing

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 25, 2012 12:30 PM
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Video

Viola Davis received an honorary doctorate degree from Providence College. She also gave the commencement address.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 25, 2012 12:28 PM
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