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motionpictures.org | Leslie Combemale
| Writer/producer Erik Oleson definitely knows a thing or two about characters chasing personal demons.
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motionpictures.org | Leslie Combemale
| Daredevil built a fierce fandom when the show first appeared in 2015, introducing Charlie Cox as visually impaired lawyer Matt Murdock, whose alter ego roamed the streets of New York at night as Daredevil, a superhero with heightened senses and lethally honed fighting skills. After nearly a decade, Cox reprises his role in Daredevil: Born Again, and in the first of two already planned seasons, doesn’t disappoint. With the tagline, “The devil’s work is never done,” Daredevil: Born Again...
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AWFJ had the opportunity to amplify female filmmakers at the latest WonderCon convention, which took place in Anaheim, California the last weekend in March with the 11th annual Women Rocking Hollywood panel. This year’s focus was on surviving and thriving in a changing landscape, and featured executive producers, writers, a director and an advocate for parity in the screen industries.
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Lisa Cortés is a Grammy-nominated and two-time Emmy winning director and producer who has brought diverse and enlightening stories to screens big and small. She executive produced the Academy-Award winning narrative Precious.
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1 month ago | 
motionpictures.org | Leslie Combemale
| The Residence, produced by Shondaland for Netflix, is the much-anticipated whodunnit that is Shonda Rhimes’ second show set in the White House.
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San Antonia filmmaker Andrew James Gonzalez debuted his documentary American Sons at SXSW 2025, a film that follows a close-knit group of Marines still mourning and processing their experiences of their deployment to Afghanistan. These men are connected by their shared trauma, and the loss of their friend, Corporal JV Villarreal.
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When I planned to see the documentary The Other Side from co-directors Carter Oakley and Heather Hogan, who is also a death doula, I knew what I was getting into. I know death doulas. Unofficially, I was one myself, when I took care of my own mom while she was dying of cancer, as an 11 year old. I’ve also worked with hospice care, and have multiple friends who are death doulas.
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If Julie Anderson and Chris Hay’s documentary I’m Carl Lewis! proves one thing, it’s that the legendary track and field star and Olympian was misunderstood then and largely continues to be misunderstood and under appreciated to this day. Lewis was decades ahead of his time, and indeed maligned about subjects that, now, make celebrity athletes even more appealing to advertisers and fans alike.
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Remaining Native is a coming-of-age documentary centering 17 year old cross-country runner Kutoven Stevens, and his quest to become one of the first indigenous members to be invited to the University of Oregon running team. Growing up in the rural town of Yerington, Nevada, home of the Paiute Reservation, Ku has had little competition as his considerable talent and hard work has developed.
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Writer/director Juan Carvajal’s documentary Salsa Lives (La Salsa Vive), centers on the history and importance of a vibrant and unifying musical genre, one that brings Latin cultures from all over the world together. The story spans from New York City to Cali, Columbia, which is now the salsa capital of the world, and from the very first moments, it splashes colorful joy all over the screen, and is a love letter to Latin communities around the world.
