female filmmakers Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/female-filmmakers/ What to Watch Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:26:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png female filmmakers Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/female-filmmakers/ 32 32 BENITA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/benita/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:26:58 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54536

(Check out Brandon Wilson’s Benita movie review, it opens today for a week-long release at Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 before a wider rollout. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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]]> A Conversation with Isa Willinger (NO MERCY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/isa-willinger/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:04:50 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54498

“Do women make harsher films?” This is the question driving filmmaker Isa Willinger’s latest documentary, No Mercy. The film is an electrifying cinematic essay investigating women’s roles on and behind the camera. Willinger brings in the testimonies of some of […]

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]]> HTN’s 9 Most Anticipated Films of DOC NYC ‘25 https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/doc-nyc-picks-25/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:36:19 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54412

It’s that time again as New York City’s venerable celebration of documentary cinema, DOC NYC, kicks off today (November 12) running all the way through the end of the month with a November 30 wrap date. As has become the […]

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