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2/19/2021
From WMM: Celebrate Black History Month with Black Women's Stories
Celebrate Black History Month by uplifting Black Women's Stories
CELEBRATE BLACK WOMEN'S STORIES
In honor of Black History Month, Women Make Movies presents a collection of films that uplift Black women's voices. Discover stories that explore the many intersections of race, nationality, gender, and technology with WMM new releases: STATELESS, BLACK FEMINIST and CODED BIAS. Learn about the ongoing fight for reproductive justice in BELLY OF THE BEAST, which was recently shortlisted for an Oscar for Best Original Song!
Told through the grassroots campaign of attorney Rosa Iris, STATELESS reveals the depths of racial hatred and institutionalized oppression that divide Haiti and the Dominican Republic
"Stateless shows how easily systemic racism and political power can erode a society like a virus..." - That Shelf
Frustrated by the lack of intersectionality in the women's movement and the misogyny plaguing the Black liberation movement, filmmaker Zanah Thirus set out to shine a light on the complexities and power of Black feminism. Featuring interviews with a wide range of scholars, writers, business owners, veterans and comedians including former Ebony Editor-in-Chief Kyra Kyles, professor Carrie Morris, and author Tami Winfrey Harris, the film lays bare the everyday lived experiences of Black Women everywhere.
BELLY OF THE BEAST exposes a pattern of illegal sterilizations, modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons through the intimate accounts of currently and formerly incarcerated women.
"At once a thrilling legal drama and heartbreaking depiction of devastating human rights violations..." - LA Times
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that most facial-recognition software misidentifies women and darker-skinned faces, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms.
"The most cleareyed of several recent documentaries about the perils of Big Tech...CODED BIAS tackles its sprawling subject by zeroing in empathetically on the human costs." - NY Times
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