The good people at First Weekenders Group, who support films directed by women by urging attendance in their oh-so-crucial first weekend of release, sent out this sobering news in their latest email.
We are in a crisis. This week as I sat to write this weekly email I was shocked and horrified that no woman-directed feature is listed from July-August in the coming releases section of many major online listings. This has not ever happened in the entire 4 years I have sent you this list.
This month, three documentaries directed [or codirected] by women are rolling out across the land: Imelda, The Corporation, and Control Room [which the cinetrix has now seen twice and heartily recommends]. Do try to squeeze them in around the 800-lb. gorilla, won't you? Then Mira Nair's Vanity Fair opens--on September 1.
See you in September.
