This International Women’s Day, Vogue shares 11 phenomenal films that tackle a variety of women’s issues – from sexual harassment to cultural erasure.
– the first feature-length film directed by a black lesbian. Developed in response to the erasure of African American women from cinema, it sees Dunye’s character – a queer video store employee – form an unexpected relationship with a white woman while investigating the history of Hollywood’s forgotten lesbian icons. Essential viewing.Director Niki Caro helmed this 2015 Kiwi classic years before being tapped to direct Disney’s blockbuster remake of.
Written and directed by Desiree Akhavan, this brilliant comedy follows Iranian-American Shirin , who struggles to tell her family that she’s bisexual after a break up with her girlfriend leaves her both homeless and jobless.Spike Lee’s brazen first feature was made into a Netflix series more than 30 years after its initial release in 1986.