The Brazilian film industry has a gender issue, but also a race one
Brazilian filmmaker Adelia Sampaio (Courtesy of the filmmaker) by Luísa Pécora When Kyna Morgan kindly invited me to collaborate with Her Film Project and write about women in Brazilian film, it got...
View ArticleAn Actor's Life: interview with actress and multi-hyphenate Jen Ponton
Courtesy of J. Pontonby Kyna MorganJen Ponton is an actress, media creative, and puppeteer whose latest film is Love on the Run, also starring Francis Fisher, Steve Howey, and Annaleigh Banford. She is...
View ArticleKhadra: documentary short on women-led grassroots work in Lebanon
Interview with director, producer on documenting initiative to use recycling as a way to heal sectarian divides by Kyna Morgan Rabab, one of the subjects of the documentary short film 'Khadra'...
View ArticleWeb Series Spotlight: 'Brokers' and 'Next Level Anxiety'
by Kyna MorganWeb series creators Aaron Ballard (co-creator and co-writer of Brokers) and Lauren Maul (creator, writer, and director of Next Level Anxiety) discuss their work in two recent interviews....
View ArticleMadame Producer
Courtesy of A. Spieth I’m knee-deep in production for Season 3 of the series formerly known as [Blank] My Life, renamed Spooksville. The new title is meant to be sexier, so please email me...
View ArticleTHE ASK: Farzana Shammi and Katy Swailes
by Stephanie Law This series aims to raise the profile of female media creators, artists, and decision-makers with the goal of facilitating open dialogue and proposing concrete action (“the ask”)...
View ArticleThe Silent Film Sound and Music Archive: Interview with Dr Kendra Leonard
by Kyna Morgan Dr. Kendra Leonard, Executive Director of The Silent Film Sound & Music Archive (courtesy of K. Leonard) Biography:Kendra Preston Leonard, Ph.D., is a musicologist and music theorist...
View ArticleMovie-Ish
Hi, It’s Alex--creator of [Blank] My Life, a media partner of Her Film Project. Recently, I returned from snowy Pittsburgh/Liberty, PA where we shot 120 pages in 12 days. Man, the weather was….cold....
View ArticleTHE ASK: Brianne Nord-Stewart
by Stephanie LawThis series aims to raise the profile of female media creators, artists, and decision-makers with the goal of facilitating open dialogue and proposing concrete action (“the ask”)...
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