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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Sundance Review: Anita- Directed by Freida Mock

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When I was a young woman just starting in my career I encountered sexual harrassment like so many other women. I had no idea how to handle it and really didn't know what it was. It scared me and made me miserable. Then one day I watched this woman, Anita Hill, sit before an all white male Senate commitee and talk about what a potential nominee for the Supreme Court had done to her, and it hit me deep. Her guts, her compsure and her honesty changed me. She empowered me and many other women to stand up for ourselves. I put on my "I Belive Anita Hill" pin and did not look back.