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Last week the founder of Women Making Films, Vaishnavi Sundar, asked me to write an article for her online publication. Women Making Films is a not-for-profit community that, according to its website, "strives to connect, facilitate and showcase the work of its members through film screenings, workshops, film festivals and other interactive programmes." Vaishnavi, a filmmaker and women's rights activist from India, is dedicated to countering the inequality in the film industry and creating a global solidarity of female filmmakers. Her latest film, Dysphoric, is a four-part documentary series on the rise of gender identity ideology and its effects on women and girls, especially in developing countries. I saw it months ago and highly recommend it. For my article I chose to write about how Hollywood filmmakers are normalising men choking women and how this needs to stop. It was published on Saturday, and you can read it here. Women have been reaching out to me to share their thoughts about inclusions of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in film, their disgust at these inclusions and excitement over a book that shines a spotlight on them. Hopefully I will be able to get this book in women's hands soon! Below are pictures of some of the support my article received online yesterday. Copyright © 2022 Alline Cormier  
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The other day I picked up the proofs for my new Women in Film greeting cards from the print shop. The prints will be ready this week, so they should be available for purchase by the end of the week. Each card (blank inside) features an illustration by my friend Stella Perrett, a British political cartoonist and book illustrator. Stella created these lovely, uplifting illustrations to help me promote my film guide for women. From left to right you can see: Star Wars (1977), The Help (2011), Aliens (1986), Thelma & Louise (1991) and Hidden Figures (2016). They will be available individually and as a Fabulous Five pack. Speak up, stay safe and may your film picks have much to offer female viewers! Copyright © 2022 Alline Cormier  I would love to hear a good argument for why we need a new feature film about Batman in 2022. Of course, we don't actually. This franchise is a money printing machine though, so here we go again. I have watched the trailer for The Batman (2022) a few times now. It looks like it will score poorly for women’s voice. No two women speak in the trailer, which is never a good sign. Voice is one of the dozens of things I address in my upcoming film guide for women. It also looks like Zoë Kravitz will be hypersexualized and sporting whore couture throughout—another sign that this movie will have little to offer female viewers. Moreover, the trailer is full of angry, vengeful men and ultraviolence, which are hardly things we need more of at this point. |
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