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Celebrating the female majority on screen. Our inaugural festival took place July 18 - 21, 2019.

 Manhattan, NY
Joined November 2018
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“There has been an overabundance of films that deal with black trauma... We wanted to offer a film that dealt with the other side of that narrative, present a story that we felt was universal.” @PrematureFilm in @NYTimesEnt — Now Playing @IFCcenter ! nytimes.com/2020/02/19/movie…

Romances That Let Black Women Be Ambitious for a Change (Published 2020)

A new crop of stories in the movies and on TV put their experiences front and center while allowing them to be vulnerable. It’s a combination rarely seen onscreen.

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Global Impact Campaign Invitation mailchi.mp/99cec4a436e9/glob…
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Congratulations @forsamafilm on your #Oscarnom for @TheAcademy award for Best Documentary Feature. Here is a look at a conversation with the film's directors and subject from @51Fest after an incredibly moving screening followed by a standing ovation: bit.ly/2t4Jwzr
For Sama at 51Fest with Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, & Anne Barnard

For Sama at 51Fest with Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, & Anne Barnard

New York Premiere. Framed as a love letter from a young mother to h...

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Congratulations @kathygriffin on your engagement & marriage! 👰🎊 Here is a look back at Kathy Griffin in conversation with @TinaBrownLM at @51Fest: bit.ly/2Z4qqY2
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So excited -and unsurprised- to learn that @forsamafilm, which had its NY premiere at @51fest in July, is on the Oscar Documentary Feature Short List. Huge congratulations to the whole team👏👏👏 Watch the post-screening conversation with the filmmakers: bit.ly/2Zq0u9D
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Yoruba Richen @redrubes14 treated @51fest guests to a preview of #AndSheCouldBeNext, her campaign doc which features Stacey Abrams, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Lucy McBath + others, following them from elections to governance. Watch her post screening talk: bit.ly/2YVTRve
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Speaking at @51Fest following the NY premiere of Untouchable -the doc that charts the meteoric rise + shocking fall of Harvey Weinstein- Erika Rosenbaum talked of how her encounters with the former film producer affected her life. Full discussion here: bit.ly/2YX78nj
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Want to help change the direction of the U.S. for good? Head this way and join the @supermajority movement >> bit.ly/2OnfP6i #51fest #supermajority
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Brittany O’Neill, the inspiration for @BrittanyRunsMov, shared a definition of success that everyone can relate to at @51fest #51fest #WITW
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A SPECIAL TREAT! Here is the Live Q & A with Janice Engel​ and Kathleen Turner Brasil​, moderated by Rachel Dry of the NYT's from 51Fest​! We have been wanting to share one of these with you! #RAISEHELL youtu.be/TrkSuCPdbks
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I’ve never seen a film as beautifully personal & intimate as #ForSama, but also universal & of historic importance. @waadalkateab filmed 5 yrs of her life in #Syria. Thankfully she got out alive & made this incredible film with @watts_edward. Pls see it & ask your politicians to.
For Sama (@forsamafilm) profile pictureFor Sama@forsamafilm17 Jul 2019
This week #ForSama hits America with a screening at @51Fest and theatrical release of the award-winning film in New York, San Francisco and LA cinemas. Tickets: forsamafilm.com/
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MOME Commissioner Anne del Castillo delivered remarks on the opening night of the inaugural @51Fest, organized by powerhouses @TinaBrownLM, @Raphaellochka, and @HubbellAnne. 📸: Carlos Sanfer #51Fest
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Excited to see a sneak peek of @redrubes14 new documentary "She Could Be Next" featuring women of color conquering politics. Thanks @51fest!
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"Women of color have been the driving change in this country since the beginning. Now we're seeing that shift, white women are starting to vote with us. We can create a supermajority of women in this election." @kagrainger @supermajority #51fest
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#fangirling at #supermajority panel by @51fest with @CecileRichards @TinaBrownLM Katherine Grainger & @aijenpoo #futureisfemale
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In our first public appearance, field director Yoruba Richen took the stage tonight at the #51Fest tonight to share a clip from And @Shecouldbenext. 💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿 Pumped to precede @supermajority panelists @CecileRichards @aijenpoo & Katherine Grainger 🙌🏽 #sheroes #getitdone #SneakPeek
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On the 2020 elections: “We don’t need all white women to win, we need basically 20% of them” - Katherine Grainger speaking as part of a powerhouse @supermajority trio on stage at @51fest @ifccenter 👊 #51fest @WomenintheWorld
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Thank for being such wonderful hosts @51fest, and if we did that for the next generation, then we did good!
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“I don’t want to play a ‘powerful’ woman. I’m just not interested. I want to play people who are human.” -@_juliannemoore at the premiere of #AfterTheWedding during #51Fest. (Photo: Carlos Sanfer) #JulianneMoore
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At @51Fest after the #NY premiere of #AftertheWedding a wide ranging conversation followed with @_juliannemoore & @TinaBrownLM -- covering #TimesUp, working with her husband, her upcoming Gloria Steinem film & shedding her character when the film is done.
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