Marya E. Gates

Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide

Celebrating women directors and their incredible contributions to filmmaking, the new book “Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own

In celebration of her new book,Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own Words, author Marya E. Gates selects one sensational film from each of the nineteen women filmmakers she has interviewed to highlight the breadth of artistic contributions they have made to cinema’s past, present and future.

The writer-director and stars Amy Irving and Peter Riegert reflect on the wistful romance of the 1988 classic.

An interview with the director of the Elizabeth Olsen-led sci-fi drama.

An interview with the writer-director and star of A24's transcendent Zambian dramedy.

An interview with the groundbreaking filmmaker, one of the first major Black female voices in Hollywood cinema.

After nearly a century of Oscars, the Academy is finally featuring a category recognizing stunts. Stunts have been uplifting cinema since the beginning.

An interview with the director of the earliest extant film directed by a woman from Iran.

The director of the Netflix action sequel talks about the long wait between pictures and the importance of community for Black female filmmakers.