Bad Feminists Making Films
Bad Feminists Making Films is a show where we talk to bad feminist filmmakers who are confronting and changing the film industry through intersectional and decolonial practice. Our podcast features intimate conversations with feminist filmmakers about their filmmaking journeys, including cringe-worthy moments, sweet successes, and tips for navigating and challenging male-dominated spaces. Join us as we work towards creating community, building alternatives, and transforming the film industry.
This show records and broadcasts LIVE on Full Service Radio from the lobby of the LINE DC in Adams Morgan, Washington DC.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 15
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2020
Embracing Abundance in Business w/ Reaa Puri
Ethnographic Documentary & Festival Interventions w/ Patricia Alvarez Astacio
Nothing About Us, Without Us, is For Us
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Filmmaking as Activism? with Mona Nicoara
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In It for the Long Haul with Ameesha Joshi & Anna Sarkissian
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Healing through Filmmaking w/ Rebecca Byerly
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Women Behind the Camera with Alexxiss Jackson
Director and cinematographer Alexxiss Jackson shares her journey as a visual storyteller committed to social justice: from being an eight-year-old making home movies starring Transformers and Barbie …
Speaking My Truth: Organizing & Filmmaking in These Times
Filmmaker, organizer, and impact producer Set Hernandez Rongkilyo waxes lyrical about how to bring together the worlds of storytelling and organizing in the service of building movements. They share …
MIXED: What it means to be biracial in a black and white world
Filmmaker, photographer, and professor Leena Jayaswal joins the show for a deep-dive into her current film project MIXED. She describes her filmmaking journey with fellow director Caty Borum Chattoo,…
The Art of Taking up Space: A conversation with Hilary Hess
Artist and filmmaker Hilary Hess describes her journey from doing social media at a public television station to directing a PBS digital series, becoming the videographer for Bernie Sanders and worki…
LIVE FROM SAN JOSÉ!
BFMF goes on the road for an evening of storytelling with emerging and seasoned feminist filmmakers from across the U.S. who break down the “how tos” of mounting a decolonial lens onto your camera. W…
Women Rising up through Art & Activism
Artist and activist Monica Jahan Bose describes “rising up” to challenge the Kavanaugh nomination by teaming up with other women media-makers. Monica reflects on where her fearlessness comes from—her…
Collaborating Consciously with Community
Dawne Langford, DC-based filmmaker and creative producer tells us about “discovery syndrome”--or what happens when women and people of colors’ ideas are picked up without credit--and the hard lessons…
A Case Study in Decolonial Documentary: Call Her Ganda
What does it mean to decolonize film not just in theory, but in practice? In episode 2, Maggie and Emily speak with filmmaker PJ Raval, who recently led an all-Filipino directing and producing team t…
What the hell is feminist filmmaking, anyway?
Emily and Maggie kick off the podcast by dropping some bad feminist facts about the sad state of the filmmaking industry. Our guests Elena Guzman and Miasarah Lai talk about why feminism needs an ast…