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Directed by Women

Why you should be a part of the Directed by Women film festival.

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This September is the first-ever Directed by Women film festival – a global viewing party celebrating films directed by women.

Why is this important?

indie-infographicWell, according to the Indiewire’s Women and Hollywood project, from 2009-2013:

  • 4.7% of studio films were directed by women
  • 10% of independent films were directed by women

So in honor of the event, I’m going to be focusing on women-made films here on the blog, both historical and contemporary.

Check out the Directed by Women tumblr for more about the party.

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Bring the Homefront Heroines Home!

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We’re a part of the Directed by Women global film viewing party happening September 1-15. The party is a worldwide celebration of women-directed films.

We’ll be reposting pages from our other blog here to help raise awareness of the event and give you ideas of films you may want to watch during the month.

But as part of the celebration we’re also offering you a discount on Homefront Heroines. Purchase the DVD from Create Space or get it on demand from Vimeo and we’ll give your 15% off your purchase or rental price. Enter promo code 3MY4J86N. The offer is good through September 15th.

Create Space: https://www.createspace.com/431830

Vimeo on Demand: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/homefrontheroines

Susan Ahn Cuddy


WAVE Susan Ahn Cuddy was a trailblazer during her years in the Navy. The first Korean American WAVE, and first Korean American WAVE officer,  she worked as a gunnery instructor before moving into Naval Intelligence.

You can read her story in the book Willow Tree Shade and see it in our film.

This is a preview of her story – taken from the film.

The sneak peek is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Helen Edgar Gilbert


WAVE Helen Edgar Gilbert is one of those women often described as a “pistol.” She wrote the book “Okay, Girls, Man Your Bunks,” and didn’t hold back in the multiple interviews we did with her for this project and our film.

Here’s a preview of her story – taken from the film.

The sneak peek is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Betty Bruns Lord and Lois Jean Linder


 

Best friends Betty Bruns Lord and Lois Jean Linder met after the war. We interviewed them together in a Boston suburb in 2007.

They talk about the regimentation in the Navy.

Their story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.