SEEING IS BELIEVING:  WOMEN DIRECT

SEEING IS BELIEVING: WOMEN DIRECT

Four diverse women share the story of how they became directors and broke threw the glass ceiling.

Overview

Genre
Culture, Social Issues, Society, Contemporary Issues, and Arts
Synopsis

This award-winning film is an in-depth investigation that exposes and explores the challenges faced by women directors. Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, The Bankers Wife), Sarah Gavron (Suffragette, Rocks), Li Lu (There Is a New World Somewhere, A Town Called Victoria) and Naima Ramos Chapman (And Nothing Happened, Random Acts of Flyness). It provides a mix of honest, direct, and optimistic perspectives into what it takes to become a director, and what it takes to ensure more women are given the opportunity to work at the highest levels of the film industry.
Additional insights from Bethany Rooney, Betty Thomas, Lee Grant, John Wells, Kimberly Peirce, Deborah Kampmeier, and many more, along with a historic recap on the power women directors held in the early days of cinema.

Treatment
Show treatment
Stage
finished
Running time
84, 58 or 28 minutes

Credits

Production Details

Prod. Co.
Devil In The Machine, LLC
Country
United States
Years of Production
2018
Locations
Hollywood
Prod. Partners
None

Distribution Details

Release year
2020
Festivals
Artemis Film Festival • SOHO Film Festival • HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • LE FEMME FILM FESTIVAL
Awards
BEST DOCUMENTARY - Artemis Film Festival, AUDIENCE AWARD - SOHO Film Festival, JURY PRIZE - Newport Beach Film Festival, BEST DOCUMENTARY - Burbank, Glendale, Geneva Film Festival's,​ WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, NOMINEE BEST DOCUMENTARYi
Distribution
Distributor: Jenny Hayden Media Licensing & Marketing. Licensed to PBS (United States), Licensed educational rights to Kanopy.
Broadcast (Prod.)
None
Broadcast (Acq.)
PBS (United States)
Language
English
Subtitles
None so far

Photos

Seeing is believing laurels

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