October 21st, 2022
‘I’m This. I’m That. I’m Many Things’: Pratibha Parmar on Andrea Dworkin and ‘My Name Is Andrea’
Queer feminist American scholar and video maker, Alexandra Juhasz, invited Pratibha Parmar, woman of color feminist and queer British filmmaker, to talk together about her most recent film, My Name Is Andrea, after a premiere screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in June.
LINK: Ms. Magazine
September 27, 2022
Meet the 42 Women Directors of ‘Queen Sugar’ — and How They’re Taking Over Hollywood
EXCERPT: The OWN drama “Queen Sugar” made its mark on TV thanks to creator Ava DuVernay’s decision to only hire women to direct the show, now in its seventh and final season. Variety spoke to all 42 directors (including DuVernay), who emphasized how her daring mandate changed the trajectory not only of their careers — with 39 of them getting their first episodic credit — but also of their lives.
LINK: Variety
May 19, 2022
Law And Order: SVU Director Pratibha Parmar On ‘Fantastic’ Timing For Episode During AAPI Heritage Month, Plus Giving Notes To Mariska Hargitay
EXCERPT: Pratibha Parmar, who was previously best known for her work directing features and documentaries, came to Law & Order: SVU as a participant in NBCU’s Female Forward program to create gender parity in directing for scripted TV. Her episode was called “Do You Believe In Miracles?” and managed to combine a dark case that needed investigating with some lighter Mother’s Day celebrations for Benson, all leading up to the latest crossover event with Christopher Meloni’s Organized Crime. “Do You Believe In Miracles?” happened air on NBC during AAPI Heritage Month in May, and Parmar opened up about what that meant to her.
LINK: CinemaBlend
October 22, 2020
NBCUniversal Selects Classes For Female Forward And Emerging Director Program
EXCERPT: NBCUniversal has selected the directed the 2020-2021 classes for the Female Forward and the Emerging Director Program. The scripted directing initiatives aim to increase representation of female and ethnically diverse male and non-binary directors, respectively, by creating a pipeline into scripted television. The announcement was made by Janine Jones-Clark as Executive Vice President, Inclusion – Talent & Content, NBCUniversal Film, Television and Streaming.
LINK: Deadline
DETAILS: NBC Female Forward
August 12, 2020
Mill Valley Film Festival Adds Virtual DocPitch (EXCLUSIVE)
EXCERPT: California Film Institute’s fundraising forum DocPitch will be held virtually at 7 p.m Aug. 13. The event is annually presented at documentary film festival DocLands, which was postponed from May due to coronavirus precautions. DocLands will now take place in tandem with Mill Valley Film Festival on Oct. 8.
LINK: Variety
March 10, 2020
Julia Bacha, Michelle Latimer, and More Receive Grants from Abigail Disney’s Fork Films
EXCERPT: California Film Institute’s fundraising forum DocPitch will be held virtually at 7 p.m Aug. 13. The event is annually presented at documentary film festival DocLands, which was postponed from May due to coronavirus precautions. DocLands will now take place in tandem with Mill Valley Film Festival on Oct. 8.
LINK: Women & Hollywood
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