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Women Make Movies has a 50-year history of supporting women filmmakers and distributing artistically significant films to audiences with an intentional focus on uplifting the voices of underrepresented women and enriching society. With a mission of increasing gender equity in the film industry, we support women filmmakers with production assistance and tailored distribution strategies. We have a long history of supporting women of color, differently abled women, LGBTQIA people, and other communities too rarely represented both on-screen and behind the camera.
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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Legacy Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
On January 4, 2025, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous honor to civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and the subject of WMM release FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA, directed by Joy Davenport and produced by Monica...
Read PostCelebrating Zeinabu irene Davis: A Trailblazing Storyteller and January Filmmaker of the Month
Zeinabu irene Davis, a filmmaker who has been with Women Make Movies since the 1990s, is a storyteller, educator, and trailblazer who has spent her career championing narratives that are often overlooked. And we are starting off 2025 by celebrating her as our January WMM filmmaker of the month! With a voice as unique as...
Read PostWMM Release RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE Featured on Ms. Magazine’s Best Documentaries of 2024
We’re excited to share that several WMM films and filmmakers have been recognized on Ms. Magazine’s list of the Best Feminist Documentaries of 2024! The list includes WMM release RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE, directed by Katja Esson, whose films we have been distributing for more than 20 years. This powerful documentary dives into the devastating...
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