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MAKERS

Launched in 2012, MAKERS is a storytelling platform for the trailblazing women of today and tomorrow. Today, MAKERS.com features more than 4,500 original videos and more than 400 MAKERS interviews.

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Bechdel Test Movie List

The Bechdel Test, sometimes called the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule is a simple test which names the following three criteria: (1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2) who talk to each other, about (3) something besides a man. The test was popularized by Alison Bechdel’s comic Dykes to Watch Out For, in a 1985 strip called The Rule.

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Black Women Film Network (BWFN)

Established in 1997, the Black Women Film Network (BWFN) was founded to prepare black women to enter the film and television industries.

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Drunk Feminist Films (DFF)

A collective of feminists who would rather laugh than cry their way through Hollywood representations of gender, race, class, sexuality and other aspects of identity. DFF hosts bi-monthly live screenings in Ontario and produces a web series at youtube.com/drunkfeministfilms.

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Films for the Feminist Classroom

An online, open-access journal that publishes film reviews that provide a critical assessment of the value of films as pedagogical tools in the feminist classroom.

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Nordic Women in Film

A knowledge bank and source of inspiration about women in Swedish film. A collection of name entries, topical portraits, in-depth articles, interviews, film clips and news intended to disseminate knowledge and awareness of women’s professional contributions to film, from both a historical and present-day perspective.

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Power Up

POWER UP – Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up – is the only 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Film Production Company & Educational Organization for Women and the GLBTQ Community.

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Women in Film (WIF)

Women in Film advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries – to achieve parity and transform culture.

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NY Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT)

New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) advocates for equality in the moving image industry and supports women in every stage of their careers. As the preeminent entertainment industry association for women in New York, NYWIFT energizes women by illuminating their achievements, presenting training and professional development programs, awarding scholarships and grants, and providing access to a supportive community of peers.

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