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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Trailer Watch: The To Do List - Written and Directed by Maggie Carey

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The To Do List, written and directed by Maggie Carey, is a coming of age comedy about Brandy (Aubrey Plaza) who creates a check list to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college. The film will be released on February 14, 2013. Be warned, the hilarious red-band trailer is not safe for work.