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Kaneza Schaal is among this year’s Doris Duke Artist Award winners. With a career spanning theatre, opera, film, and more, she is an unceasing force in performance art. Schaal took a moment to speak with FF2 about her work and this award.
Doris Duke was a renowned philanthropist, using her family’s wealth to nurture projects at home and abroad.… read more.
Welcome to Women’s History Month 2025:
To celebrate, we are reposting tributes to some of the Swans who have made the greatest impact on our own lives. These are names & faces everyone should know!
In order to find her personal identity and voice as a filmmaker, Lina Soualem first had to look into her past.… read more.
Ashley O’Shay’s first feature film, Unapologetic, is a documentary that speaks volumes about the many dimensions of Black women and their vast contributions as activists to the Black Lives Matter movement. O’Shay ‘s narrative arc follows two Chicago activists: Bella Bahhs, and Janaé Bonsu.… read more.
Women are continuously getting shut out of Hollywood. From Jennifer Lawrence’s open letter on the gender pay gap to Maureen Dowd’s New York Times Magazine exposé, “The Women of Hollywood Speak Out,” the fight for equality rages on. Read filmmaker Rachel Feldman’s response HERE.… read more.
Jarrod Emerson’s Tribute to Richard Attenborough
Part 8: CHAPLIN (1992)
Richard Attenborough entered the 1990s with another amazing biopic, this time profiling one of the silver screen’s early icons: the legendary Charlie Chaplin. Adapted from both Chaplin’s own autobiography and David Robinson’s book, Chaplin: His Life and His Art, the film chronicles Chaplin’s career—as well his personal highs and lows.… read more.