Abbreviation WMM Location New York, NY Founded 1972 | Formation 1972 Executive Director Debra Zimmerman Headquarters New York, United States | |
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Motto Films by and about women Type Non-profit organization Founders Ariel Maria Dougherty, Sheila Page Similar International Documentary Association, Frameline, Women in Film and Televisio, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Independent Filmmaker Project Profiles | ||
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Women Make Movies is a non-profit feminist media arts organization based in New York City. Founded by Ariel Dougherty and Sheila Paige as a community based workshop teaching film to women, WMM was incorporated in 1972 and developed as a membership organization that screened and distributed members' work. In the early 1980s focus shifted to concentrate on distribution of independent films by and about women. WMM also provides production assistance to women filmmakers.
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Film catalog
The organization distributes more than 500 films created by over 400 women filmmakers from nearly 30 countries. These films address such subjects as reproductive rights, AIDS, body image, economic development, racism, immigration, medical ethics, and global feminism. The collection includes films by key feminist filmmakers including Trinh T. Minh-ha, Julie Dash, Pratibha Parmar, Jane Campion, and Kim Longinotto.
Recognition and distribution
Films distributed by WMM have appeared at film festivals worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)., and the Athena Film Festival Its films have received such media awards as the Special Jury Prize at Sundance (The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo and Rough Aunties), the Academy Award (Love & Diane), the Emmy (Quick Brown Fox: An Alzheimer’s Story), and the Peabody (Sisters in Law). In 2011, WMM received an award from the Athena Film Festival for their outstanding work distributing films by and about women.
WMM films have aired on cable networks and public television stations around the world, including HBO/Cinemax, PBS, Sundance Channel, and Rede Globo. Among the broadcast titles: Kim Longinotto’s Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go and Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco’s Ella Es El Matador. The organization has worked closely with the Public Broadcasting System, Hunter College, the Museum of Modern Art, and many other NYC-based media arts organizations.
Executive director
In 1983, Debra Zimmerman became the executive director of WMM.
Archive
The Academy Film Archive houses the Women Make Movies Collection, which includes prints, videotape masters, and original film elements of dozens of features, documentaries, shorts, and informational films made by and about women.