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Topic: women in film

Hilary Swank And Chloe Sevigny in "Boys Don't Cry" (Getty Images)

Library of Congress fails women in film

Michele Meek
Reese Witherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit and Storm Reid as Meg Murry in "A Wrinkle in Time" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

MeToo? Fewer women directed top movies

Rachel Leah
This image released by EPIX shows director Catherine Hardwicke from the original documentary series, "The 4%: Film's Gender Problem." The series spotlights directors and creative personalities – both women and men – who share first-person insights, questions and anecdotes about the role of women in Hollywood. (Andre Costanini/EPIX via AP) (Andre Costanini/EPIX via AP)

Female directors still underrepresented

Michael Nordine - Indiewire
Michael Stahl-David and Stephanie Beatriz in "The Light of the Moon" (Imagination Worldwide / The Film Collaborative)

Filming a rape scene changed this actor

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Harvey Weinstein and Donna Karan (AP/Rick Maiman)

Donna Karan: Women are asking for it

Gabriel Bell
"Thelma & Louise" (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

The girls road trip as a feminist act

Laura Feinstein
Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox)

Movies still short minorites

Alessandra Maldonado
Anya Taylor-Joy in "The Witch" (A24)

Victims no more

Beth Younger - The Conversation
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Charlize Theron in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

Why is Hollywood so scared?

Nico Lang
Christian Bale in "The Big Short," Matt Damon in "The Martian," Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant"

Where are the women in film?

Winsome Brown
(Brad Barket/invision/ap)

Amy Poehler continues to rock

Anna Silman
Cate Blanchett arrives at the Premiere Of "Cinderella" on Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Jenny Kutner
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"Hunger Games," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Fifty Shades of Grey"

Hollywood's sorry state

Anna Silman
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Prachi Gupta
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