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  • FILM FATALES IN THE STAR TRIBUNE
    Oct. 9, 2018

    In #MeToo era, Minnesota's female filmmakers find strength in realizing they're 'not alone'

    In black-and-white thrillers from the '40s, a "femme fatale" was a dame whose treacherous bangs covered one eye while she duped and betrayed the hero. Despite its punny name, Film Fatales is about the opposite qualities: support, compassion, collaboration...

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  • FILM FATALES AT THE NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL
    Oct. 3, 2018

    Please join Film Fatales for a Happy Hour celebrating women directors at the New Orleans Film Festival on October 20th 3-4:30pm at the VIP Filmmakers Lounge on 840 St. Charles Avenue, 2nd floor New Orleans LA 70130. Sponsored by Paytone Records. Open to the public...

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  • FILM FATALES AT IFP WEEK
    Sep. 21, 2018

    Please join in celebrating all of the women directors who are participating in IFP Week this year, including two dozen members of Film Fatales.

    Film Fatales Happy Hour
    Tuesday September 18th 4pm-6pm
    20 Pearl St, Brooklyn NY
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  • PANEL ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST STUNTWOMEN
    May. 3, 2018
    Stuntwomen will take center stage at a panel discussion and networking mixer to be held at Fox Studio on May 16. The panel, which comes in the wake of recent reports about “wigging” – the age-old practice of stuntmen donning wigs and women’s clothes to double for actresses – will address bias in the underemployment of women and people of color in the stunt industry...

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  • WHAT WOMEN IN FILM CAN LEARN FROM THE "MANLESS EDEN" THAT WAS HOLLYWOOD'S SILENT ERA
    Apr. 23, 2018
    In 1920, philanthropist and women’s rights activist Catherine Filene published the popular book Careers for Women, designed to be “a complete and authoritative guide to the one hundred and sixty occupations open for women.” Women, according to Filene’s book, could be opera singers, dog raisers, or bee keepers; they could be surgeons, or secretaries, or stage designers...

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