February is Black History Month, so I made a list of must-see movies by Black filmmakers for the students in my African American Studies course. Rather than focusing on films that are frequently mentioned in lists like these, such as Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing or Jordan Peele’s Get Out, or well-watched classics from the 1990s, such as Forest Whitaker’s Waiting to Exhale or F. Gary Gray’s Friday, I wanted to highlight lesser-known movies that deserve more attention than they usually get in mainstream media.
Read moreFour (More) Movies Directed by Women to Watch During Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month is a great time to catch up on some lesser-known movies by women filmmakers. As a follow-up to the previous article that explored eleven films by women directors, here are four more movies directed by women to check out, as well as a list of some others that did not make the final cut but are still worth watching.
Read moreWomen Directors Have Made Some of the Greatest Films Ever. Here Are 11 You Might Not Know.
March is Women’s History Month, and there is no better time to watch some outstanding films made by women directors. Directors like Agnès Varda, Julie Dash, or Chantal Ackerman might not be household names, but they have made an indelible imprint on hundreds of films and filmmakers that came after them. From the feminist psychedelia of Daises to the anti-colonialist, coming-of-age drama Chocolat, these are eleven films directed by women internationally you might not have heard of but would not want to miss.
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