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Classic WMM Films That Should be on the Film Registry

Act Now! Nomination Deadline: August 15, 2025 NOMINATE THESE CLASSIC WMM FILMS FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY  These Classic WMM releases -- KILLING TIME/FANNIE'S FILM (dir. Fronza Woods) and IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN (dir. Frances Reid, Elizabeth Stevens, and Cathy Zheutlin) -- are on a list of notable films not yet on the Registry, compiled by the Library of Congress. We would love to see them make the 2025 National Film Registry. Will you help us make that happen? August 15th is the deadline, so make sure to vote today! Nominate Now! KILLING TIME/FANNIE'S FILM Directed by Fronza Woods  US | 1979/1981 | 15 minutes | B/W Fronza Woods made these two pioneering, short films in 1979 and 1981. Part of the mediamaking movement that first gave centrality to the voices and experiences of African American women during the late seventies and early eighties, they are no less groundbreaking today. Recently restored by the Academy Film Archive, these films have screened at the Whitney Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Arts - London, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and more. They are more than worthy of being listed on the National Film Registry -- help us nominate them today!    "Killing Time, from 1979, is very simply, one of the best short films that I've ever seen. " - Richard Brody   Learn more Nominate now IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN Directed by Frances Reid, Elizabeth Stevens and Cathy Zheutlin US | 1977 | 53 Mins | Color Newly restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with support from the Women's Preservation Fund, IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN is a pioneering 1977 documentary "about who lesbian mothers and their children really are." Directed by Frances Reid, Elizabeth Stevens, and Cathy Zheutlin, the film profiles eight diverse families across race and class, offering an intimate and loving portrait of lesbian motherhood at a time when many faced intense legal and cultural battles for custody. Originally created to support lesbian mothers in court, the film screened widely at festivals and feminist venues and became a landmark in queer cinema. Today, it remains a vital and deeply human document of LGBTQ+ history. Please help us nominate this WMM classic today!    "The film shows people how these relationships come across, the reality of the relationships between these eight woman and their fifteen children." -  Iris Films, Jump Cut interview Learn more Nominate now