TFW Forum on Women Filmmakers (Day 2)

May 10, 2012
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TFW is excited to highlight the inventive work of several phenomenal women filmmakers in a forum that runs from Wednesday through Friday. Carmen Torres, tiona m., Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Anna Barsan, Pratibha Parmar, and Nev Nnaji reflect on the plight of women filmmakers in a male-dominated industry, feminist approaches taken up in filmmaking, filmmaking as both an art form and modality for social change, and their processes. To read yesterday’s fuller introduction, click here.  Today, we’re profiling Nev Nnaji, tiona.m., and Aishah Shahidah Simmons.

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