FILMS from AFAR

This article was originally published by Provoked Magazine . "Try to image a life where you are owned or controlled by the men in your life." This opening line of the documentary Dear Ms. pulls viewers into a past reality that, for many women, isn’t so hard to imagine today. Rights we thought were assured—control over our bodies, our money, our choices—once again feel as flimsy as a page torn from a magazine. While 64 percent of Americans see feminism as empowering, nearly h

If you paid attention at the time of the controversy around the "kiss" mentioned in the title of this film, you'll appreciate this...

Following The Idea of You , there seems to be a growing market for films about middle-aged women dating significantly younger men. A...

My answer is no, but maybe I need to "read the damn book," as the Columbia Journalism Review admonished. This article was originally published by The Alliance of Women Film Journalists . A lot has been written about the depiction of female journalists in "She Said," director Maria Schrader and scriptwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz's adaptation of New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's book about their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into sexual misconduct alle

This fall marks five years since the New York Times and the New Yorker released explosive reporting on allegations of sexual misconduct...

This emotionally taxing film is likely to spark debate about the portrayal of both sexual and school violence and its repercussions, and...