Equality Now (En), the leading international women’s rights organization that uses the law to protect and promote women’s and girls’ rights, will hold its 30th Anniversary Gala in New York on November 15.
The evening will celebrate the organization’s three decades of gender equality work and the En 30 for 30 list of artists, activists, and advocates (previously announced), and will feature inspiring performances of music, drama, and comedy with art and advocacy supporting equality for women and girls
The gala will celebrate the Equality Now 30 for 30 women and changemakers:
Alanis Morissette, Amandla Stenberg, Amy Ziering, Annie Lennox, Asma Jahangir (posthumously), Ayesha Malik, Brisa De Angulo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Drew Dixon, Elizabeth Evatt, Gloria Steinem, Hibaaq Osman, Jaha Dukureh, Jane Fonda, Judith Bruce, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Linda Perry, Margaret Atwood, Meaza Ashenafi, Nadeen Ashraf, Paola Mendoza, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (posthumously), Salma Hayek, Sanna Marin, Sapana Pradhan Malla, Sarah Sophie Flicker,...
The evening will celebrate the organization’s three decades of gender equality work and the En 30 for 30 list of artists, activists, and advocates (previously announced), and will feature inspiring performances of music, drama, and comedy with art and advocacy supporting equality for women and girls
The gala will celebrate the Equality Now 30 for 30 women and changemakers:
Alanis Morissette, Amandla Stenberg, Amy Ziering, Annie Lennox, Asma Jahangir (posthumously), Ayesha Malik, Brisa De Angulo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Drew Dixon, Elizabeth Evatt, Gloria Steinem, Hibaaq Osman, Jaha Dukureh, Jane Fonda, Judith Bruce, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Linda Perry, Margaret Atwood, Meaza Ashenafi, Nadeen Ashraf, Paola Mendoza, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (posthumously), Salma Hayek, Sanna Marin, Sapana Pradhan Malla, Sarah Sophie Flicker,...
- 11/11/2022
- Look to the Stars
The Chinese American actress Anna May Wong is going to be honored by being featured on a new quarter going into circulation on October 24, the U.S. Mint announced.
Wong’s career began in the silent film era, and she was synonymous with the “flapper” look for many years but also continued working in film and TV until her death in 1961 from a heart attack.
Wong will be featured on the “tails” side of the quarter, with the reverse being a classic George Washington carving first designed in the early 20th century.
The new design was made by Emily Danstra and carved by John P. McGraw.
“She is remembered as an international film star, fashion icon, television trailblazer, and a champion for greater representation of Asian Americans in film,” the statement from the U.S. Mint also said.
Wong’s first film acting role was in 1922 as an extra in The Red Lantern.
Wong’s career began in the silent film era, and she was synonymous with the “flapper” look for many years but also continued working in film and TV until her death in 1961 from a heart attack.
Wong will be featured on the “tails” side of the quarter, with the reverse being a classic George Washington carving first designed in the early 20th century.
The new design was made by Emily Danstra and carved by John P. McGraw.
“She is remembered as an international film star, fashion icon, television trailblazer, and a champion for greater representation of Asian Americans in film,” the statement from the U.S. Mint also said.
Wong’s first film acting role was in 1922 as an extra in The Red Lantern.
- 10/23/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
Silent era movie icon Anna May Wong is now a different kind of star. Starting Monday, her image will appear on new quarters, making her the first Asian American to appear on US currency.
Wong’s image on the currency is the fifth new face in the American Women Quarters Program, which spotlilghts pioneering women. The other four quarters put into production this year feature poet and activist Maya Angelou; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Wilma Mankiller, a Cherokee Nation leader; and suffragist Nina Otero-Warren. The latter two and Wong were selected with input from the public.
Wong, who died in 1961, had a four-decade career in film, theater, and radio. Her co-stars included Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, and Laurence Olivier, while she made stage appearances in London and New York.
Born in Los Angeles, Wong started acting at 14, winning her first film lead role three years later...
Wong’s image on the currency is the fifth new face in the American Women Quarters Program, which spotlilghts pioneering women. The other four quarters put into production this year feature poet and activist Maya Angelou; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Wilma Mankiller, a Cherokee Nation leader; and suffragist Nina Otero-Warren. The latter two and Wong were selected with input from the public.
Wong, who died in 1961, had a four-decade career in film, theater, and radio. Her co-stars included Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, and Laurence Olivier, while she made stage appearances in London and New York.
Born in Los Angeles, Wong started acting at 14, winning her first film lead role three years later...
- 10/20/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
As part of the American Women Quarters Program from the United States Mint, classic Hollywood star Anna May Wong is making history as the first Asian American woman ever featured on U.S. currency. The program launched earlier this year and will continue through 2025, releasing up to five new designs on the back of quarters. Wong joins Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, and Nina Otero-Warren as part of the first wave of releases. Production on the Anna May Wong quarters began on October 18, 2022, and will feature an image of Wong resting her face in her hands surrounded by the bulbs of a marquee sign. Wong is considered by many to be the first Chinese American movie star, starting her career in entertainment when she was only 14 years old as an extra in the film "The Red Lantern."
Born Wong Liu Tsong, her family gave her the English name "Anna May.
Born Wong Liu Tsong, her family gave her the English name "Anna May.
- 10/19/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Early movie star Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American to be featured on U.S. currency, nearly 100 years after her first film role.
The U.S. Mint will begin shipping quarter coins featuring her likeness Monday.
Dubbed the first Asian American Hollywood star, Wong overcame intense racism and discrimination to sustain her 40-year career in silent and sound film, theater and radio.
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Born in Los Angeles, Wong started acting at 14 and took a lead role in “The Toll of the Sea” in 1922. She struggled to land mainstream roles and break from negative typecasting, as early 20th century Hollywood was a time of “yellowface,” when white people wore makeup and clothes to “appear” Asian, so industry heads could avoid casting Asian actors. There were also anti-miscegenation laws, which criminalized interracial relationships, limiting the sorts...
The U.S. Mint will begin shipping quarter coins featuring her likeness Monday.
Dubbed the first Asian American Hollywood star, Wong overcame intense racism and discrimination to sustain her 40-year career in silent and sound film, theater and radio.
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Born in Los Angeles, Wong started acting at 14 and took a lead role in “The Toll of the Sea” in 1922. She struggled to land mainstream roles and break from negative typecasting, as early 20th century Hollywood was a time of “yellowface,” when white people wore makeup and clothes to “appear” Asian, so industry heads could avoid casting Asian actors. There were also anti-miscegenation laws, which criminalized interracial relationships, limiting the sorts...
- 10/19/2022
- by Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
The actor Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American featured on the US quarter.
Wong, born in Los Angeles, was considered the first Chinese-American film star. She is one of five women chosen to appear on the quarter as part of the the US Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, which honours American women who have made a contribution to a multitude of different fields.
Wong’s quarter, which will be released next Tuesday, is historic. Her coin, which like all others will feature George Washington on one side, will show her resting her head on her hand. It will also display her full name.
The actor was born Wong Liu Tsong in 1905, where her parents gave her the English name Anna May. She achieved widespread recognition during a barrier-breaking career that that saw her feature in numerous films and star in her own television show called The...
Wong, born in Los Angeles, was considered the first Chinese-American film star. She is one of five women chosen to appear on the quarter as part of the the US Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, which honours American women who have made a contribution to a multitude of different fields.
Wong’s quarter, which will be released next Tuesday, is historic. Her coin, which like all others will feature George Washington on one side, will show her resting her head on her hand. It will also display her full name.
The actor was born Wong Liu Tsong in 1905, where her parents gave her the English name Anna May. She achieved widespread recognition during a barrier-breaking career that that saw her feature in numerous films and star in her own television show called The...
- 10/19/2022
- by Abe Asher
- The Independent - Film
As part of a new initiative, the United States Mint will honor Anna May Wong, star of movies such as “Shanghai Express,” by making her the first Asian American featured on U.S. currency, placing her likeness on quarters with production starting Oct. 18.
The printed quarter shows an image of Wong resting on her hand, serving as a tribute to what most consider the first Chinese American movie star. She was born in 1905 in Chinatown, Los Angeles and died in 1961 of a heart attack in her Santa Monica home.
Wong started her career in the entertainment business at 14 years old, talking her way into her first movie role. In the following years, she rose to stardom as among the first Asian American stars in Hollywood and appeared in more than 50 films. Though the quarter seeks to pay tribute to her career in the film industry, it also acknowledges the difficulties...
The printed quarter shows an image of Wong resting on her hand, serving as a tribute to what most consider the first Chinese American movie star. She was born in 1905 in Chinatown, Los Angeles and died in 1961 of a heart attack in her Santa Monica home.
Wong started her career in the entertainment business at 14 years old, talking her way into her first movie role. In the following years, she rose to stardom as among the first Asian American stars in Hollywood and appeared in more than 50 films. Though the quarter seeks to pay tribute to her career in the film industry, it also acknowledges the difficulties...
- 10/18/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
When an accomplishment onscreen seems effortless, it reflects true mastery of a craft. For five costume designers of potential Oscar contenders, the weight of their undertaking — wrestling with ensemble casts and specific periods — remains undetectable on the screen.
Donna Berwick’s work on director Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” about four Vietnam veterans returning to the country, meant designing for a cast in the present day as well as the 1960s.
With only about a week of prep time in Los Angeles before flying to Thailand for filming, Berwick was provided with customary initial measurements and sizing for the cast ahead of any fittings. The information turned out to be completely outdated for multiple actors. When they tried on their custom-sewn military uniforms, “the pants were too small,” says Berwick. “We had to cut them open and add pieces.”
During the present-day scenes, a distinctive pop of color comes...
Donna Berwick’s work on director Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” about four Vietnam veterans returning to the country, meant designing for a cast in the present day as well as the 1960s.
With only about a week of prep time in Los Angeles before flying to Thailand for filming, Berwick was provided with customary initial measurements and sizing for the cast ahead of any fittings. The information turned out to be completely outdated for multiple actors. When they tried on their custom-sewn military uniforms, “the pants were too small,” says Berwick. “We had to cut them open and add pieces.”
During the present-day scenes, a distinctive pop of color comes...
- 11/5/2020
- by Zoe Hewitt
- Variety Film + TV
Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem and Bette Midler as Bella Abzug in The Glorias. Courtesy of Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions
Three big names of the ’60s -’70s Second Wave feminism were Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch,” and Gloria Steinem, journalist, activist and co-founder of Ms Magazine. While all were authors who helped launch that movement, it is Gloria Steinem, photogenic and with a journalist’s precision with words, who was a favorite of the media and has stuck in the public imagination. In The Glorias, Germaine Greer isn’t mentioned and Betty Friedan only in passing, but that is not surprising given that this is a biopic of Gloria Steinem, based on her autobiography “My Life On The Road.”
In fact, this drama from director/writer/producer is Julie Taymor has a lot of references to roads. Taymor was...
Three big names of the ’60s -’70s Second Wave feminism were Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch,” and Gloria Steinem, journalist, activist and co-founder of Ms Magazine. While all were authors who helped launch that movement, it is Gloria Steinem, photogenic and with a journalist’s precision with words, who was a favorite of the media and has stuck in the public imagination. In The Glorias, Germaine Greer isn’t mentioned and Betty Friedan only in passing, but that is not surprising given that this is a biopic of Gloria Steinem, based on her autobiography “My Life On The Road.”
In fact, this drama from director/writer/producer is Julie Taymor has a lot of references to roads. Taymor was...
- 10/8/2020
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Following Rose Byrne‘s portrayal of Gloria Steinem in the limited series “Mrs. America,” the feminist icon gets the full biopic treatment with “The Glorias.” The latest film from visionary director Julie Taymor finds Academy Award winners Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore portraying Steinem at different ages as she founds “Ms.” magazine and rises in prominence as a leader in the women’s liberation movement. The film, which co-stars Bette Midler, Janelle Monae, Timothy Hutton and Lorraine Toussaint, is free on Amazon Prime Video. But is it worth the watch? Let’s look into some critic reviews.
Most reviews praise the performances, even if the structure of the film is divisive. As one reviewer notes, “While Taymor’s film overall lacks fluidity, their performances do fit with surprising neatness into a single, steadily evolving characterization.” Some laud Moore for playing the most recognizable version of Steinem while others believe that “Vikander is the highlight here,...
Most reviews praise the performances, even if the structure of the film is divisive. As one reviewer notes, “While Taymor’s film overall lacks fluidity, their performances do fit with surprising neatness into a single, steadily evolving characterization.” Some laud Moore for playing the most recognizable version of Steinem while others believe that “Vikander is the highlight here,...
- 10/1/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
As September comes to a close and October brings in autumnal vibes, the country (and the world for that matter) is focusing on two things: the forthcoming November election and the end of the world. Luckily, in this early edition of this week’s specialty preview, we have something that is relevant to both!
After making its world premiere at Sundance, Julie Taymor’s The Glorias is ready to disrupt the system. Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions will debut the civic-minded and socially aware film on Amazon Prime Video starting today — and it couldn’t be a more perfect time.
Ahead of the November election, The Glorias is based on feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s book Life on the Road. Co-written by Taymor and Sarah Ruhl the nontraditional biopic paints a portrait of one of the inspirational figures of modern history. Steinem became a prominent figure that defined era and a generation.
After making its world premiere at Sundance, Julie Taymor’s The Glorias is ready to disrupt the system. Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions will debut the civic-minded and socially aware film on Amazon Prime Video starting today — and it couldn’t be a more perfect time.
Ahead of the November election, The Glorias is based on feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s book Life on the Road. Co-written by Taymor and Sarah Ruhl the nontraditional biopic paints a portrait of one of the inspirational figures of modern history. Steinem became a prominent figure that defined era and a generation.
- 9/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
"We're here to make revolution, not just dinner." Roadside has revealed the full-length official trailer for the film The Glorias, made by acclaimed filmmaker Julie Taymor. This initially premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and will be launching on VOD + Amazon Prime at the end of this month. It tells the story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide. The title "The Glorias" refers to the four different actresses as Steinem at different stages of her life: Alicia Vikander, Julianne Moore, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Lulu Wilson all play Gloria. The cast features a number of iconic women who've made profound contributions to the women's movement over the years, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Dolores Huerta (Monica Sanchez), and Wilma Mankiller (Kimberly Guerrero...
- 9/22/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
'The Glorias' official teaser, featuring Oscar-winning Hollywood stars Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander as feminist icon Gloria Steinem, is finally here.
Roadside Attractions dropped the new footage for the highly anticipated biopic on Thursday.
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida), 'The Glorias' is set to debut Sept. 30 on Amazon Prime Video. The movie premiered at the Sundance International Film Festival earlier this year.
'The Glorias' poster (Pic Courtesy: Roadside Attractions)
Taymor gives us her singular take on that rare genre- the Female Road Picture, one in which the female leads do not die in the end, and where the “narrative” is not driven by romance or a bad marriage, or unrequited love or, for that matter, men.
'The Glorias' traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the rise of...
Roadside Attractions dropped the new footage for the highly anticipated biopic on Thursday.
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida), 'The Glorias' is set to debut Sept. 30 on Amazon Prime Video. The movie premiered at the Sundance International Film Festival earlier this year.
'The Glorias' poster (Pic Courtesy: Roadside Attractions)
Taymor gives us her singular take on that rare genre- the Female Road Picture, one in which the female leads do not die in the end, and where the “narrative” is not driven by romance or a bad marriage, or unrequited love or, for that matter, men.
'The Glorias' traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the rise of...
- 9/4/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
The first trailer for The Glorias — based on feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road — is out now. The film stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Keira Armstrong as Steinem during various stages of her life, with a supporting cast that includes Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Janelle Monáe, Lorraine Toussaint, Lulu Wilson, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kimberly Guerrero and Monica Sanchez.
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida, the Broadway adaptation of The Lion King), The Glorias follows Steinem’s journey leading the women’s liberation...
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida, the Broadway adaptation of The Lion King), The Glorias follows Steinem’s journey leading the women’s liberation...
- 9/3/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
"This is the year of Women's Liberation!" Roadside has finally unveiled the first teaser trailer for the film The Glorias, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Julie Taymor. This originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mixed reviews, along with some praise for the ambition. The film tells the story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide. The title is "The Glorias" (plural) because various actresses play Steinem at different stages of her life: Alicia Vikander, Julianne Moore, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Lulu Wilson as play Gloria. The cast also includes a number of iconic women who made profound contributions to the women's movement over the years, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Dolores Huerta (Monica Sanchez), and Wilma Mankiller (Kimberly Guerrero). The film will...
- 9/3/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In “The Glorias,” Julie Taylor’s biographical film about the life of feminist leader Gloria Steinem, Steinem isn’t played by just one woman but by four different women, including Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander, as a way of demonstrating her many sides and how Steinem has had an impact on all women.
And in this first teaser trailer for “The Glorias,” we get a taste of how Gloria Steinem evolved throughout her career and of Taymor’s unique way of telling her story, with each of the four iterations of Steinem interacting together on a bus that stitches together the beats of the more traditional biopic.
“The Glorias” is based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road” and follows her from India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the to her role in the rise of...
And in this first teaser trailer for “The Glorias,” we get a taste of how Gloria Steinem evolved throughout her career and of Taymor’s unique way of telling her story, with each of the four iterations of Steinem interacting together on a bus that stitches together the beats of the more traditional biopic.
“The Glorias” is based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road” and follows her from India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the to her role in the rise of...
- 9/3/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Watch Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander as Gloria Steinem in the brand new trailer for The Glorias.
The film will be On Digital and Streaming Exclusively on Prime Video September 30.
Journalist, fighter, and feminist Gloria Steinem is an indelible icon known for her world-shaping activism, guidance of the revolutionary women’s movement, and writing that has impacted generations. In this nontraditional biopic, Julie Taymor crafts a complex tapestry of one of the most inspirational and legendary figures of modern history, based on Steinem’s own biographical book ‘My Life on the Road.’
The Glorias traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman, to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York, to her role in the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s, to the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference and beyond.
The Glorias includes a number of iconic...
The film will be On Digital and Streaming Exclusively on Prime Video September 30.
Journalist, fighter, and feminist Gloria Steinem is an indelible icon known for her world-shaping activism, guidance of the revolutionary women’s movement, and writing that has impacted generations. In this nontraditional biopic, Julie Taymor crafts a complex tapestry of one of the most inspirational and legendary figures of modern history, based on Steinem’s own biographical book ‘My Life on the Road.’
The Glorias traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman, to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York, to her role in the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s, to the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference and beyond.
The Glorias includes a number of iconic...
- 9/3/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Don’t let this first look fool you, Julie Taymor’s upcoming “The Glorias” isn’t your conventional biopic. That’s only fitting, considering its central subject: feminist firebrand and rulebreaker Gloria Steinem, who the film follows throughout many decades of her life, though not always approaching the material with much interest in delivering a linear story (and is all the better for it).
Based on Steinem’s bestselling 2015 book “My Life on the Road,” and adapted by Taymor and first-time scribe Sarah Ruhl, the film imagines four different Glorias (played mostly by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander), following Steinem through some of her most important travels. The film’s various Glorias appear in conversation with each other, both literal and figurative, as they travel through “The Glorias” in a large Greyhound bus — again, both literally and figuratively.
The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year, where this writer hailed...
Based on Steinem’s bestselling 2015 book “My Life on the Road,” and adapted by Taymor and first-time scribe Sarah Ruhl, the film imagines four different Glorias (played mostly by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander), following Steinem through some of her most important travels. The film’s various Glorias appear in conversation with each other, both literal and figurative, as they travel through “The Glorias” in a large Greyhound bus — again, both literally and figuratively.
The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year, where this writer hailed...
- 9/3/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is played by not one, not two, but four different actresses in Julie Taymor’s upcoming film “The Glorias.”
In a first-look that debuted on Thursday, the nontraditional biopic features Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Kiera Armstrong all portraying Steinem at different stages of her life.
Based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road,” the film explores the many different hats the feminist wore: world traveler, journalist and fighter for women’s rights. Beginning during Steinem’s time in India as a young woman, “The Glorias” takes viewers through Steinem’s founding of Ms. magazine and her role in the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s.
Beyond Steinem, the movie also spotlights other important figures in the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Dolores Huerta...
In a first-look that debuted on Thursday, the nontraditional biopic features Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Kiera Armstrong all portraying Steinem at different stages of her life.
Based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road,” the film explores the many different hats the feminist wore: world traveler, journalist and fighter for women’s rights. Beginning during Steinem’s time in India as a young woman, “The Glorias” takes viewers through Steinem’s founding of Ms. magazine and her role in the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s.
Beyond Steinem, the movie also spotlights other important figures in the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Dolores Huerta...
- 9/3/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Julie Taymor’s ‘The Glorias’ Pivots From Theatrical Release, Sets Amazon Debut Prior To The Election
Exclusive: The Glorias is shifting from a theatrical release and heading straight to Amazon Prime Video. Directed by Julie Taymor, the non-traditional film chronicling the life of iconic activist Gloria Steinem is set to stream exclusively on Prime Video in U.S. and Canada and be available for purchase on all Electronic Sell-Through platforms starting September 30.
The Glorias debuted at Sundance earlier this year and was acquired by Roadside Attractions and Ld Entertainment shortly after its premiere. The pic was set for a September 25 theatrical release, but, as with all films, things remained up in the air due to the current landscape. Even so, Roadside & Ld shared Taymor and producers Lynn Hendee and Alex Saks’ passion for the film and felt that it should reach the widest possible audience prior to the election.
“The message of Gloria’s life and activism and spirit speak so strongly to the current moment,...
The Glorias debuted at Sundance earlier this year and was acquired by Roadside Attractions and Ld Entertainment shortly after its premiere. The pic was set for a September 25 theatrical release, but, as with all films, things remained up in the air due to the current landscape. Even so, Roadside & Ld shared Taymor and producers Lynn Hendee and Alex Saks’ passion for the film and felt that it should reach the widest possible audience prior to the election.
“The message of Gloria’s life and activism and spirit speak so strongly to the current moment,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Gloria Steinem’s biopic is officially hitting the road, securing domestic distribution from Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions.
Directed by Julie Taymor, “The Glorias” premiered in the official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It stars several generations of actresses taking on key phases in activist icon Steinem’s life, led by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander.
Ld and Roadside are planning on an early fall release ahead of the 2020 election, and promised a national promotional tour backed by Steinem. Endeavor Content represented filmmakers in the sale.
“With ‘The Glorias,’ Julie Taymor and her extraordinary cast paint a commanding portrait of an American leader, the remarkable Gloria Steinem, and also salute the millions of amazing women who have fought alongside Gloria for social change during the last half-century,” said Roadside Attractions co-heads Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff. “We are incredibly energized to bring this epic story to theaters this fall.
Directed by Julie Taymor, “The Glorias” premiered in the official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It stars several generations of actresses taking on key phases in activist icon Steinem’s life, led by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander.
Ld and Roadside are planning on an early fall release ahead of the 2020 election, and promised a national promotional tour backed by Steinem. Endeavor Content represented filmmakers in the sale.
“With ‘The Glorias,’ Julie Taymor and her extraordinary cast paint a commanding portrait of an American leader, the remarkable Gloria Steinem, and also salute the millions of amazing women who have fought alongside Gloria for social change during the last half-century,” said Roadside Attractions co-heads Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff. “We are incredibly energized to bring this epic story to theaters this fall.
- 2/13/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The Glorias, Julie Taymor’s movie about Gloria Steinem that spans five decades to tell the story of the feminist icon, has been acquired by Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The North American rights deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, reteams Ld and Roadside, whose last tie-up, the Judy Garland biopic Judy, just won Renee Zellweger the Best Actress Oscar.
A fall 2020 release date, which positions the pic both in awards season and ahead of the 2020 presidential election, is planned. A national promotional tour with significant support from Steinem is also in the works. The deal was negotiated by Endeavor Content.
“Telling my story in Julie Taymor’s genius movie carries my hope that we all have a right to tell our stories – I hope it encourages you to tell yours,” Steinem said in a release announcing the deal Thursday.
A fall 2020 release date, which positions the pic both in awards season and ahead of the 2020 presidential election, is planned. A national promotional tour with significant support from Steinem is also in the works. The deal was negotiated by Endeavor Content.
“Telling my story in Julie Taymor’s genius movie carries my hope that we all have a right to tell our stories – I hope it encourages you to tell yours,” Steinem said in a release announcing the deal Thursday.
- 2/13/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s hard to imagine someone better suited to take on the legacy of Gloria Steinem than Julie Taymor. Her first directorial effort in a decade, The Glorias offers a strange alchemy of straightforward biopic and style-driven inspiration. Overall, it’s tame work from the filmmaker, clear-eyed in her love for her subject.
One will recall Frida, Taymor’s other picture based on the life of a hero. That film plays a bit more energetic than this one. The Glorias is based on Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, multiple actresses taking on the title role at different points in her life. Timothy Hutton continues his string of impressive supporting turns, here playing Gloria’s transient father Leo.
Taymor structures her story with a disjointed timeline, frequently cutting back to a bus ride featuring all incarnations of Gloria, who serve as an internal chorus of sorts. Vikander’s...
One will recall Frida, Taymor’s other picture based on the life of a hero. That film plays a bit more energetic than this one. The Glorias is based on Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, multiple actresses taking on the title role at different points in her life. Timothy Hutton continues his string of impressive supporting turns, here playing Gloria’s transient father Leo.
Taymor structures her story with a disjointed timeline, frequently cutting back to a bus ride featuring all incarnations of Gloria, who serve as an internal chorus of sorts. Vikander’s...
- 1/27/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
‘The Glorias’ Review: Julie Taymor’s Inventive Gloria Steinem Biopic Matches Subject and Storyteller
Filmmaker Julie Taymor has never operated within conventional parameters, but then again, neither has her latest cinematic subject, feminist icon and political firebrand Gloria Steinem. Taymor, who has only dipped into biopics once before, with the similarly creative “Frida,” knows that life doesn’t move in a straight line, which could have scared her off from adapting Steinem’s road-trip autobiography. But the road to becoming “Gloria Steinem” was winding, and
Based on Steinem’s bestselling 2015 book “My Life on the Road,” and adapted by Taymor and first-time scribe Sarah Ruhl, the film imagines four different Glorias (played mostly by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander), following Steinem through some of her most important travels. The film’s various Glorias appear in conversation with each other, both literal and figurative, as they travel through “The Glorias” in a large Greyhound bus — again, both literally and figuratively.
A straight line could be plotted through the feature which,...
Based on Steinem’s bestselling 2015 book “My Life on the Road,” and adapted by Taymor and first-time scribe Sarah Ruhl, the film imagines four different Glorias (played mostly by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander), following Steinem through some of her most important travels. The film’s various Glorias appear in conversation with each other, both literal and figurative, as they travel through “The Glorias” in a large Greyhound bus — again, both literally and figuratively.
A straight line could be plotted through the feature which,...
- 1/26/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In Julie Taymor’s official Sundance entry “The Glorias,” 80 years in the life of feminist icon Gloria Steinem unfold in chronological order. Except when they don’t.
The visionary director behind “Across the Universe” says she could not bear the conventions of sweeping Hollywood biopics, which are fond of flashing title cards with years and geographic locations, among other shortcuts that do the heavy lifting for moviegoers. So Taymor dreamed up her own narrative device: a rusty Greyhound that exists outside the realm of the film’s events — a vehicle seen only in black and white where four actors, all playing Steinem at pivotal points in her life, meet to parse the past and the future.
“For me, the key to the movie is what I call the bus out of time,” Taymor tells Variety of the scenes, where all of her Glorias — Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, teen Lulu Wilson...
The visionary director behind “Across the Universe” says she could not bear the conventions of sweeping Hollywood biopics, which are fond of flashing title cards with years and geographic locations, among other shortcuts that do the heavy lifting for moviegoers. So Taymor dreamed up her own narrative device: a rusty Greyhound that exists outside the realm of the film’s events — a vehicle seen only in black and white where four actors, all playing Steinem at pivotal points in her life, meet to parse the past and the future.
“For me, the key to the movie is what I call the bus out of time,” Taymor tells Variety of the scenes, where all of her Glorias — Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, teen Lulu Wilson...
- 1/22/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Gale Anne Hurd will be honored with a lifetime achievement award, Nicole Kidman’s “Destroyer” gets an AFI Fest screening, and the holiday romance “Mr. 365” starts production.
Film Festivals
The Heartland International Film Festival has selected “The Terminator” and “The Walking Dead” producer Gale Anne Hurd for its lifetime achievement award.
Heartland Film Festival’s director of film programming Greg Sorvig, said, “Gale Anne Hurd has cemented her place in film history as a creator and guiding force behind some of the most iconic genre works in film and television history. You could start and end the list with ‘The Terminator,’ ‘Aliens,’ and ‘The Walking Dead,’ but the fact that there is so much more beyond those two unforgettable films and that groundbreaking television series, speaks to her lasting impact on our film culture.”
Hurd will receive the award at AMC Castleton Square in...
Film Festivals
The Heartland International Film Festival has selected “The Terminator” and “The Walking Dead” producer Gale Anne Hurd for its lifetime achievement award.
Heartland Film Festival’s director of film programming Greg Sorvig, said, “Gale Anne Hurd has cemented her place in film history as a creator and guiding force behind some of the most iconic genre works in film and television history. You could start and end the list with ‘The Terminator,’ ‘Aliens,’ and ‘The Walking Dead,’ but the fact that there is so much more beyond those two unforgettable films and that groundbreaking television series, speaks to her lasting impact on our film culture.”
Hurd will receive the award at AMC Castleton Square in...
- 10/10/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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