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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Guest Post: The Women Who Propel Last Call at the Oasis

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When Last Call at the Oasis director Jessica Yu first considered making a film about the global water crisis, she knew that she wanted to tell unique stories about the individuals who were having the greatest impact in their local communities. What she quickly found was that some of the most active influences around the issue are women.