The Florida Project is about a young girl and her mother. It is about an intergenerational trauma set within the context of American poverty, with specific elements that, until our concerns about family separation at the US southern border, were associated primarily with women: child removal from a parent by the government. It also is … [Read more…]
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Advantageous: Science Fiction in Cinema from A Woman’s Point of View
Advantageous, a 2015 film directed by Jennifer Phang, was developed from a short story by the director that she and the lead actress Jacqueline Kim turned into a screenplay. The film was supported by Sundance,where it won a special jury prize, by the San Francisco Film Society, which awarded Jennifer the inaugural Women’s Filmmaker Fellowship … [Read more…]