Several films in this year's Minority Health Film Festival highlight the challenges women face in fighting stigmas and making their voices heard. The female filmmakers telling these stories and more have worked through similar challenges in the film industry, which still places barriers in front of women seeking opportunity and equity.
Our Women in Film showcase, presented by Live Wire Productions, is part of our efforts to empower and celebrate women in film - breaking down those barriers by elevating the work of female filmmakers.
For 2020, we're proud to announce that 33 of the 50 films have been directed or co-directed by women. Beyond the numbers, the quality and power of these films are incredible, and we hope you watch as many as you can before MHFF concludes on Sept. 24.
Here are the MHFF films in our 2020 Women in Film showcase:
#FemalePleasure
Director: Barbara Miller
16 Seeds
Director: Melinda James
90 Days
Co-director: Jennia Fredrique Aponte
Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa
Directors: Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater
And She Could Be Next - Part 1: Building the Movement
Directors: Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia
And She Could Be Next - Part 2: Claiming Power
Directors: Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia
Ballet After Dark
Director: B. Monét
Black Boy Joy
Director: Martina Mossell Lee
Bodega
Directors: Donna Augustin, Talibah L. Newman
The Cancer Journals Revisited
Director: Lana Lin
Charm City
Director: Marilyn Ness
COOKED: Survival by Zip Code
Director: Judith Hefland
Decade of Fire
Director: Vivian Vázquez Irizarry, Gretchen Hildebran
Head to Head
Director: Andrea Alberti
Hungry to Learn
Director: Greta Gandbhir
In Our Right Mind: Alzheimer's and Dementia's Impact on Communities of Color
Director: Renee Chenault Fattah
The Invisible Vegan
Co-director: Jasmine Leyva
Making Sweet Tea
Co-director: Nora Gross
Me Time
Director: Iyabo Boyd
A Normal Girl
Director: Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Origin
Director: Simone Lyles
Other Black Boys
Co-director: Rama Tchuente
Pelo Malo
Director: Mariana Rondón
The R Word
Director: Amanda Lukoff
Rough Waters
Co-director: Claire Imler
The S Word
Director: Lisa Klein
Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age
Director: Delaney Ruston
Screenagers Next Chapter: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience
Director: Delaney Ruston
Sisters Rising
Co-director: Willow O’Feral
There Goes the Neighborhood
Director: Angelique Molina
Through the Night
Director: Loira Limbal
The Ugly Model
Director: Doris Yeung
We Are the Radical Monarchs
Director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Posted by: Karina Henderson