Women and Hollywood

Conversation with President of HBO Documentary Films, Sheila Nevins, about her new book 'You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales' which is part memoir, part poem, and full on truth telling.

Lydia Dean Pitcher, Executive Producer of the Immortal Life of Harriet Lacks on HBO, discusses her passion in creating more content by and for women.

Gina Prince Bythewood is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing and producing the films Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, and Beyond the Lights. Gina talks about her new limited series for Fox called Shots Fired and her next film based on a Roxane Gay book.

Alison Owen is an English film producer. Her credits as a producer include Suffragette, Elizabeth, Sylvia, Shaun of the Dead, Proof, The Other Boleyn Girl, Brick Lane, Saving Mr. Banks, and the upcoming Tulip Fever. Alison discusses her latest projects including the series Harlots which is currently on Hulu. FYI- the sound on this is not great. We apologize.

Allison Schroeder, screenwriter of the new feature film, "Hidden Figures" is the guest. The film, which is directed by Ted Melfi, opens on Christmas Day 2016.

Nominated for two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes, writer/director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" was one of 2015's most critically-acclaimed films. Her current directorial work includes her dramatic television series for The Oprah Winfrey Network entitled "Queen Sugar"; her feature-length documentary on criminality and race relations entitled "The 13th"; and Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time" based on the Newberry Award-winning classic fantasy novel. Winner of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival's Best Director prize for her previous feature "Middle of Nowhere," DuVernay's early directorial work includes "I Will Follow," "Venus Vs," and "This is The Life." She also distributes and amplifies the work of people of color and women directors through her film collective ARRAY, named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in Hollywood for 2016.