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Premiere LADYPOINTS Episode Inspires DIY Punk Ethos

Elizabeth Coleman — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 04:25:09 +0000

The premiere episode of LADYPOINTS, a webseries that celebrates the individual successes of women, was released June 18. The Brooklyn-based filmmaking team — Keiko Wright, Samantha Knowles, Rekha Shankar and Jamie Li — was recently featured on Art Animal during their Kickstarter campaign, which reached its initial goal of $5,000 in just five days, and [&hellip

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LADYPOINTS filmmakers inspire a cultural revolution

Elizabeth Coleman — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:17:02 +0000

Sometimes the simple act of stating a dream can spark a revolution. After a high school girl casually mentioned to filmmaker Jamie Li that she wanted to be a photographer, an idea began to form: how could Li give women access to resources and information to pursue their passions? Inspired herself by Amy Poehler’s webseries Smart [&hellip

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How Wonder Woman is Still an Inspiring Role Model for Women

Julie Davis — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:49:42 +0000

Despite the title, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines is not actually a story about comics. It’s also not about comic creators, although along the way you do get some interesting background Wonder Woman’s creator, William Moulton Marston, that sheds light on the character’s particulars, such as the golden lasso that forces you [&hellip

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Interview: Filmmaker Riley Hooper

Mallory Nezam — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:30:25 +0000

“Most people will tell their story if they have someone to listen,” said Riley Hooper, a young documentary filmmaker living in New York. Hooper happens to be a particularly good listener. At only 24, she snagged the Grand Jury Prize in the Shorts category at the DOC NYC festival in November for her film, “Flo”. [&hellip

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Review of Detropia

Angela Son — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:01:06 +0000

In the 1930s, Detroit was the fastest growing city in the U.S., due mainly to the automobile boom and WWI production of airplanes and machines. 80 years later, this same city faced the fall of an industry after GM’s and Chrysler’s bailout by the U.S. government. Today, Detroit the fastest shrinking city. “The city is [&hellip

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Review of 2 Days in New York

Alicia Coombes — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:23:35 +0000

It speaks volumes to the farcical nature of the characters in 2 Days in New York that Chris Rock is the most dignified of the bunch. Showcasing his growth as an actor, his restrained straightman routine only cracks a few times in the film, most notably when he’s alone talking with his life-size cutout of [&hellip

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