Arts Express: Screening Women On DVD

By Prairie Miller    

Made In Dagenham: A conversation with actress Sally Hawkins, star of this film dramatizing the real life UK Ford Plant women machinist strikers who made worker history back then.

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Rachel: Unraveling the tragedy of young social justice activist Rachel Corrie on the tenth anniversary of her death. Filmmaker Simone Bitton, a Moroccan born self-described Arab Jew, phones in from Paris to describe her search for answers while sifting through mountains of lies, and directing a movie by telephone across the forbidden borders of Gaza.

Caught On Tape: Onyx rap performer Sticky Fingaz talks directing, writing and starring in this hip hop screen musical. And perhaps inventing a new combo movie genre while doing it his way, 'just because you shouldn't.'

Stay tuned for continuing features of Arts Express: Expression In The Arts. Airing On WBAI Radio's Pacifica Network and Affiliate Stations, including WPRR Public Reality Radio. And if you'd like to Express yourself too, you can write to: ArtsExpressradio@gmail.com.

Prairie Miller is a NY multimedia journalist online, in print and on radio, and on WBAI/Pacifica National Radio Network's Arts Express. Read more reviews by Prairie Miller. Contact Prairie through NewsBlaze. Read more stories by Prairie Miller.

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