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FISCAL SPONSORSHIP DEADLINE APPROACHING!

Are you a filmmaker looking for financial support from funders who require tax-exempt status in order to apply? Don’t miss your chance to become a
WMM Fiscally Sponsored Filmmaker.

As your fiscal sponsor, WMM acts a non-profit tax-exempt umbrella organization which makes it possible for you to apply to such funders. We then accept and administer contributions made to your project. Read more.


Deadline is May 15


NEW RELEASE!
TILLIE OLSEN – A HEART IN ACTION

Tillie Lerner Olsen immortalized the lives of working class women and single mothers with her short stories “Tell Me a Riddle” and “I Stand Here Ironing.” Galvanizing the literary world, she set in motion a new perspective on the lives of ordinary women. Ann Hershey’s documentary is an inspiring homage to Olsen, whose life and work encompassed a century of the most critical events of our time. Read more.

A comparison of women's employment on the top 250 films in 2005 and 1998 shows that the percentages of women directors, writers, executive producers, and cinematographers have declined, while the percentage of women producers has increased. - Celluloid Ceiling 2006 Report



2008 CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE!



Exciting New Releases include IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA, recently broadcast on the Emmy Award®-winning PBS series, Independent Lens and the long-awaited educational release of THE EDUCATION OF SHELBY KNOX.

If you are a WMM customer, look for a copy in your mailbox! Visit our website to request a copy of the catalog or download the PDF version here.

JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
WMM is looking for a Publicity and Publications Coordinator, PT Executive Assistant, Office Manager and an Educational Sales and Marketing Manager. Go.

Interested in an internship with WMM? Go.


SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Save up to 65% when you buy 5 or more films in each special collection. Check out 2008 New Releases in Films for Asian & Asian American Studies and Beyond the Veil: Perspectives from the Muslim World.


CHECK OUT OUR PRESS ROOM

Visit our Press Room to read the latest news and announcements, learn about our newest acquisitions, and link to articles about WMM. Go!


SUPPORT OUR SPONSORED PROJECTS
Check out the projects currently in our Fiscal Sponsorship program, and even make a contribution online. Go!





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TO SEE IF I’M SMILING WINS AT HOT DOCS

Tamar Yarom’s TO SEE IF I’M SMILING was awarded the Special Jury Prize for international feature documentary at Hot Docs. The riveting profile of six Israeli women and the stories of their military service also received a Special Documentary Jury Prize at the Sarasota Film Festival.



NEW RELEASE | MY DAUGHTER THE TERRORIST

Beate Arnestad's controversial MY DAUGHTER THE TERRORIST is an exceedingly rare, inside look at an organization that most of the world has blacklisted as a terrorist group. This even-handed documentary sheds light on the Tamil Tigers and their bloody struggle for independence while questioning their tactics.



NOW ON DVD!

Check out the following WMM titles, on DVD for the first time:

AFRICA AFRICAS
HONEY MOCCASIN
SPHINXES WITHOUT SECRETS
2 OR 3 THINGS BUT NOTHING
FOR SURE

A MAN WHEN HE'S A MAN
UNDER THE SKIN GAME
EUROPLEX
NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME
JUGGLING GENDER
HOME IS STRUGGLE
ALGERIA WOMEN AT WAR
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME



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