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10 Must Watch Films By Women

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Rebecca Hiam
Giana Grimaldi
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BU chapter.

With the entertainment industry so male dominated, it is important to support women in the business. Women are a vast minority behind the camera and make up only about 7% of directors of top grossing movies. The gender discrimination in Hollywood is not very commonly talked about but extremely prevalent. The American Civil Liberties Union even started an investigation about this inequality.

It’s crucial to watch films by women because not only does it financially support them, but it also shows refreshing female perspective. Since we are constantly surrounded by so many male narratives, it is a nice and necessary reprieve.

Here are some great recent films by women to check out.

1. “Suffragette”—Sarah Gavron (2015)


2. “Girlhood”—Celine Sciamma (2014)


3. “Diary of A Teenage Girl”—Marielle Heller (2015)


4. “Obvious Child”—Gillian Robespierre (2014)


5. “Selma”—Ava DuVernay (2014)


6. “Appropriate Behavior”—Desiree Akhavan (2014)


7. “Beyond the Lights”—Gina Prince-Bythewood (2014)


8. “The Bronze”—Melissa Rauch (2015)


9. “Infinitely Polar Bear”—Maya Forbes (2014)


10. “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”—Ana Lily Amirpour (2014)


 

 

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Giana Grimaldi is the Integrated Marketing Director at Her Campus Media, overseeing client services and campaign execution for leading national brands across the company’s digital, experiential and community platforms. Prior to joining Her Campus Media, Giana assisted with the development and implementation of several PR campaigns in the energy, financial services and nonprofit sectors as an Account Coordinator on the Public Relations team at Rasky Partners. Giana attended Boston University, where she studied Communication with a concentration in Public Relations and was also a chapter president of Her Campus at BU. Giana loves all things music, social media, food, and reality TV. When she's not at work, you can find her at the gym, watching Netflix, making the perfect Spotify playlist, or spending hours scrolling through TikTok videos. Follow her on Instagram @_gianamaria.