Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

Apr 25, 2017

1h 24m

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Overview

“We are the stories we tell ourselves.” Seeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series about directors, leaders… who happen to be women.Audiences will hear directly from women who are on the front lines of the field: from major award winners to NYU students, festival darlings to frustrated auteurs. They will discover the pathways to successful creativity as well as how these filmmakers drive through obstacles creative, cultural, and professional. The film ultimately will act as a toolbox for any filmmaker as well as “peer to peer mentorship” for any person who is looking for creative or professional guidance as they move toward their own dreams of being a visual storyteller.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

devil in the machine

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Cast

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Lee Grant

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Betty Thomas

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Lesli Linka Glatter

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Sarah Gavron

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Sarah Kernochan

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Naima Ramos-Chapman

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Meera Menon

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Marianna Palka

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Marina Rice Bader

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Lizzie Borden

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Trudy Bellinger

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Shana Betz

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