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Adventures in Feministory: Gertrude Berg, screenwriter and television pioneer

DigiBitch post by Kjerstin Johnson on June 22, 2009 - 12:29pm; tagged Adventures in Feministory, female directors, female writers, Feministory, Gertrude Berg, Great Depression, history of television, immigration, Jewish women, Jewish-Americans, popular depictions of immigration, radio, television.
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Credited with inventing the family sitcom, a successful, decade-spanning career in television and radio, author of over 10,000 scripts, and a mother on-screen and off, Gertrude Berg is "the most famous woman in America you've never heard of."
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Calling all Female Hacks: Please Direct More Movies

Movies post by Tammy Oler on December 8, 2008 - 4:44pm; tagged Cadillac Records, catherine hardwicke, Darnell Martin, female directors, lexi alexander, New Moon, punisher: war zone, Twilight.

Looks like I got a little too excited on Friday about the current state of affairs for female directors... By now you've probably heard that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has been fired from the blockbuster teen vamp franchise and will not be directing Twilight's sequel New Moon. There's also bad news for Lexi Alexander and Darnell Martin, who had lackluster opening weekends at the box office.

The breakdown after the jump, along with my call for more crappy female directors.

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