Visionary Voices
Conversations with Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers from around the world.
Episodes
27 episodes
'Harvesting Our Tea' with Director Sheida Kiran
Diana Means interviews British-Turkish-Iranian documentary filmmaker and musician Sheida Kiran to talk about her documentary film 'Harvesting Our Tea' screening in the online Women Voices Now documentary film festival March 1st - March 31...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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30:31
Visionary Voices Film Festival Conversation with Executive Director Heidi Bash-Harod
Diana Means interviews Executive Director of Women Voices Now Heidi Basch-Harod about their documentary film festival that takes place online March 1st - March 31st. ABOUT THE WOMEN’S VOICES NOW (WVN) FILM FESTIVALThe Wom...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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20:25
"Framing Agnes" with Co-Producer Brooke Sebold
Diana Means interviews co-producer Brooke Sebold about the Sundance 2022 audience award winner film "Framing Agnes" as well as Grandma Bruce which Sebold wrote edited and directed. About "Framing Agnes":Agnes is a transgender w...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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27:27
The Seventh Circle with Director Alexandra Velasco
Diana Means interviews Alexandra Velasco about her art-horror film "The Seventh Circle". About the filmThe Seventh Circle features a frustrated man's descent into a horrific spiral of madness when he is confronted over and o...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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26:05
"Basta" with Co-Director Lesley Elizondo
Diana Means interviews Mexican American director of photography and cinematography Lesley Elizondo about her film "Basta" a documentary film based in Los Angeles California that exposes the normalization of sexual abuse in the janitorial indust...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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23:55
"Working Today Only For Tomorrow" with Director Vjosa Cerkinih
Diana Means interviews Lebanon director Vjosa Cerkinih about her film "Working Today Only For Tomorrow" a documentary film that exposes the inability of middle-aged women to find work in Kosovo. About the film:"Working ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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22:24
"The Perfect Picture" with Lebanese Director Hala El Kouch
Diana Means interviews Lebanon Director Hala El Kouch about her film "The Perfect Picture" a documentary film selected for the Women Voices Now film festival. About the filmIn order to try and fix a traumatic event that has bee...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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23:22
"MAVKA" Conversation with Ukrainian Filmmaker Alona Shylova
Diana Means interviews Ukraine, Kyiv screenwriter and Director Alona Shylova about her latest film "MAVKA" a short narrative film selected for the Women Voices Now film festival about two teenage girls speaking about their everyday life as youn...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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23:24
Women Voices Now Executive Director Heidi Basch-Harod
Diana Means interviews Executive Director of Women Voices Now Heidi Basch-Harod about the history and programs of Women Voices Now.About Women Voices NowWomen’s Voices Now is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that uses film...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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21:37
"Indebted to All Women" Conversation with Documentarian and Filmmaker Maria Lobo
Diana Means interviews documentarian and director Maria Lobo about her latest film "Indebted To All Women" a documentary created for political and social advocacy that gives voice to El Salvadorian women suffering and struggling to change...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:55
"The Least We Can Do" Filmmaker Conversation with Director Moira Simpson
"The Least We Can Do" chronicles the journey of a small group of women in British Columbia, Canada, who are relieved when the Canadian Government votes to bring Yazidi women and girls to Canada as refugees and provide them with comprehensive tr...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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19:47
"Lessons" Film Conversation with Writer and Producer Summer Brown
In "Lessons" audiences see a heart-wrenching snapshot of Summer's lived experience of domestic abuse through the eyes of children."Lessons" screens in the virtual presentation of The Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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11:15
"Finding Courage" Film Conversation with Director Kay Rubacek
In "Finding Courage," a former journalist for the Chinese Communist Party (YIFEI WANG), living in exile in San Francisco, struggles to settle into life in America while working to heal her family’s wounds from their tragic past. She is seeking ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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30:12
"Lost Vegas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow In Our Gender Diverse Community" Conversation with Director Bella Keana Castellarin and Producer Krista Whitley
In " Lost Vegas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow In Our Gender Diverse Community" director Bella Castellarin leads an all LGBTQI+ team, to document the history of Las Vegas' diverse community and give voice to those who are rarely heard.Thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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12:38
"The Burden" Film Conversation with Director Brianna Barrett
In "The Burden" 18-year-old Bianca must take care of her two younger siblings when their parents are unexpectedly deported back to Columbia."The Burden" screens Saturday March 26 at 3:00 pm/PSTFor tickets visit: <...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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13:20
"Tell Me About Orange" Film Conversation with Director Robin Noonan-Price
In "Tell Me About Orange," when Elliot’s best girlfriend expresses her romantic feelings for him, Elliot a blind teenage boy struggles to express his, but soon realizes that sometimes love really is blind. "Tell Me About Orange" scr...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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17:27
"Critical Juncture" Documentary Film Conversation with Director Alessia Barbiero
In April 2021, India made headlines all around the world as the second wave of COVID brought the country to its knees. “Critical Juncture” starts at this dramatic time but focuses on a different point of view: through the eyes of Priyanka, a 30...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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17:27
"Lioness" Film Conversation with Writer and Actress Sara Oliva
In "Lioness" a mother's primal instincts kick in to protect her child's innocence when both are barricaded in a motel room. "Lioness" screens Saturday, March 26 at 4:00 pm/PSTFor tickets visit:
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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12:13
"Mr. Wong's Lullaby" Film Conversation with Director Clare Langford
Clare Langford is an award-winning actress, writer, and director from Ireland. She began penning original scripts and adapting screenplays for the stage for her University Drama Society while studying Applied Languages. She later went to Drama ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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18:56
"Someone To Carry You" Film Conversation with Director Cyrina Fiallo
Filmmaker Cyrina Fiallo is a Cuban-Italian actress and writer, born & raised in Miami, Florida. Since moving to Los Angeles, her more-than-two dozen television appearances include NBC’s Brooklyn 99 and Community, Fox’s Glee, CW’s Supernatur...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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19:30
"Skin Hunger on Film" Short Doc Film Conversation with Filmmakers Daphna Attias and Pinny Grylls
"Skin Hunger on Film" documents an interactive live performance that features three actors sharing stories about touch as they perform surrounded by walls of Covid safe plastic and inviting moments of touch between audience members. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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22:46
"Legacy" Short Film Conversation with Director Margo Weathers
"Legacy" was created in an attempt to expand the definition of the Documentary. Through hosiery, it tells the stories of women in history who scaled both literal and figurative heights to redefine genders, cultures, races … in ways that a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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18:35
"The Phoenix" Short Film Conversation with Director Regina Pigsley
"The Phoenix" After successfully acquiring superpowers, a young girl attempts to fix her parents’ marriage. In the end, she learns that superpowers can't fix everything. "The Phoenix" screens Saturday March 26, 2022, 4:00pm/PT
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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14:41
"Counting" Short Film Conversation with Director Sarah Young and writer/actress Tori Ernst
"Counting" journals Em, a young actress on the verge of a promising career, but her struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder threaten her dreams. When her acting begins to take off and a romance enters her life, Em’s intrusive thoughts grow...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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18:24
"Sighted" Feature Film Conversation with Producer Alicia Kelly
Developed as part of a pitch package for a feature film, "Sighted" is a short film psychological thriller and an official short film selection of the Los Angeles Women's International virtual film festival. The film is written by Felicia Willso...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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13:27