Women Make Moves and Movies...

Many people in the film industry or those who follow the film industry are quite aware of the lack of women behind the scenes--as writers, directors, and producers. As many amazing stories as there are to tell it's so unfortunate that so few women artists are given an outlet to speak their stories into cinematic existence. Without that terrible "chick flick" label as if all stories about women's lives--whether romantic or not--fall into one trite category. There are many independent women filmmakers out there--you may not know of them. But they exist. They have voices and they seek to make all types of movies about a variety of complex subject matter.

At this year's Tribeca Film Festival, the film "Entre Nos" premiered. The film stars the extraordinarily talented Paola Mendoza (pictured below) who also co-wrote and directed the film along with filmmaker Gloria LaMorte. From the articles I've read, the film is inspired by Paola Mendoza's mother's journey from Columbia to New York as a mother who wants a better life for her children. The film is about finding courage against enormous odds to create one's own place in the world.



I am tremendously excited about the presence of this film and will definitely be supporting it when it hits theaters. To have women--especially women of color--making independent films with such important voices is vital and celebratory.

I wish Paola Mendoza and Gloria LaMorte much success with this film and their future projects.

"A woman with a camera--now that's a political situation" - Unknown