Women in Film - 2014 Sundance Film Festival

MICA Scoop TV interviews female directors: Shola Lynch; Geetu Mohandas; Desiree Akhavan; Judith Helfand; and Lucy Walker before their film opening and after their panel discussion

Spotlight on Women Directors
Moderated by Indiewire's Anne Thompson

Women directors tend to get more opportunity in documentary than Hollywood. It's hard to explain why, but we can certainly celebrate their results. Hosted by Thom Powers and the SundanceNOW Doc Club, four Sundance Film Festival participants and alumnae will discuss their experiences as women in documentary filmmaking. Featuring:

•Rory Kennedy, director of Emmy-winning film "The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" and Sundance '14 Doc Premieres entry "Last Days in Vietnam"

•Lucy Walker, director of the 2014 Oscar-shortlisted and DGA-nominated film "The Crash Reel"

•Judith Helfand, director of Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominees "Everything's Cool" and "Blue Vinyl," and the upcoming "Cooked"

•Shola Lynch, director of Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee "Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed" and "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners"

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