Women in Film

This past weekend I had the honor and privilege of attending the National Film Festival for Talented Youth in Seattle where one of my films was screening. It was an excellent experience and my best friend who co wrote and co directed the film with me was able to fly out from Florida and experience the festival with me and since she isn't as film major that was a new treat for her. While there I still couldn't help noticing that the demographic majority of filmmakers there was white men...although I was very proud of all the girls including the international ones I saw and got to hang out with. Most notably was one girl a freshman in college just like myself who is from Afghanistan studying in Pennsylvania. She made a poignant documentary about her process to get her drivers license when it is still very rare and socially unacceptable according to some people that women drive. She was able to share her story with the help of her sister who filmed parts of the film when she was actually behind the wheel. It was just very exciting and inspiring to see her pushing to reform social Norms with media because that's what I hope to do too,