The NYWIFT Podcast

This week on The NYWIFT Podcast, we’re kicking off International Women’s Month with three women shaping the media industry: co-founder of The Women’s List (www.thewomenslist.org) Jan Kimbrough (NYWIFT Writers Lab participant) and Screenwriter and NYWIFT Member Leah Curney tell us about this game-changing resource for overlooked writers and filmmakers searching for outstanding stories. Founder of t...

This week, we spotlight two incredible directors: • Samantha Knowles, director of Disney+’s Harlem Ice, a 5-part documentary series following the inspiring young women of Figure Skating in Harlem as they prepare for competitions, performances, and a life-changing global experience. This groundbreaking organization is the first of its kind, creating unparalleled skating-based opportunities for Blac...

This week we spotlight two NYWIFT members: 1:1 Advisory Founder Kerry McCarthy and founder of LC Films Lauren Cooper. Kerry discusses how to get your film funded and Lauren details her journey founding her own production company that prioritizes inclusive creative teams. Plus, hosts Tammy Reese and Penni Malloy-Harper pay tribute to some amazing creatives in celebration of Black History Month!  To...

It’s our annual Sundance episode, featuring interviews with two NYWIFT members with projects at the festival: Tammy Reese talks to Adrienne Stern, the casting director for We’re Not Done Yet , and Caitlin Gold, executive producer and the founder of Tanbark Pictures, who heads to the fest with East of Wall .  Plus, co-hosts Tammy and Katie Chambers discuss the impact of the California Wildfires. Fi...

Happy New Year! We are back with a new look andname: The NYWIFT Podcast, with this week’s hosts Katie Chambers and Janine McGoldrick. Penni interviews Director/Producer Yvonne Russo and EP Amy Kaufman about their powerful Hulu docuseries Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae, a harrowing tale about a missing Indigenous woman. And Tammy interviews Costume Designer/Wardrobe stylist Rosemary...

On this week’s episode of NYWIFT’s Women Crush Wednesdays podcast with hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Tammy Reese, Penni interviews Tom Nesher, Director of Come Closer about her first feature film world premiere screening at the Tribeca Festival. And Tammy interviews Starz Power Book II: Ghost actress LaToya Tonodeo . To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more gre...

On this week’s episode with hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Tammy Reese, Penni interviews Award Winning Filmmaker and Documentarian Debra J. Robinson (“Kiss Grandmama Goodbye,” recently restored by the NYWIFT Women’s Film Preservation Fund) as well as “Invisible Nation” Documentary Director Vanessa Hope who documented the first female President of Taiwan. To be featured on the podcast email us at co...

We have another exciting episode with hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Tammy Reese. Penni interviews award-winning documentary filmmaker Paula Apsell, who speaks about her newly released documentary, Resistance:They Fought Back, where Holocaust survivors reveal the stories of Jewish resistance fighters. Tammy interviews Anna Maguire and Kim Albright about their newest release With Love and a Major Or...

We have another exciting episode with hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Tammy Reese. Penni interviews two super talented documentary filmmakers who were part of the Science In Motion Series at BAM. Elizabeth Ramjit talks about her film, Overflow , which vividly tells the story of climate change and flooding in Trinidad and Tobago. Penni also interviews Paula Eiselt to discuss her documentary 93 Queen...

Spring has sprung! We have another exciting episode with hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Tammy Reese. Tammy interviews. Kavery Kaul to talk about her film, One Hand Don’t Clap , tells the story of calypso featuring two legendary artists , and was restored with the support from the NYWIFT Women’s Film Preservation Fund,and Penni interviews Marlo McKenzie to discuss Carol Doda Topless at the Condor ,...

Muse Red Carpet!  Yes, it's all the hot dish from NYWIFT’s 44th annual Muse Awards . Honoree Interviews include: Kyra Sedgwick - Alex Borstein - Michèle Stephenson - Millicent Simmonds - Latasha Gillespie - Tantoo Cardinal  Along with guests Lou Diamond Phillips and Linda Powell To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org . Spec...

It’s almost MUSE time!  On March 27th, NYWIFT’s 44th annual Muse Awards will take place at Cipriani 42nd St. The gala luncheon will pay tribute to an amazing roster of women of vision and achievement. Today we highlight each honoree and bring you interviews with three of them: Alex Borstein - Actor, writer, producer and multiple Emmy winner ( The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Borstein: Corsets &...

This week, we have three thrilling interviews!  First, Janine McGoldrick talks with filmmaker Amanda Niqole White , who has over 15 years of experience in film, television and media production, about her directorial debut, the short film Till Death Do Us Part . Then Janine hears about Malissa Young’s journey from being a fit model to a talent manager and opening Malissa Young Management .   Penni...

Hot off last week’s episode, which dived into the historic SAG-AFTRA & WGA contracts, we keep the parity conversation going by talking with Whitney Anne Adams – co-chair of the Costumer Designers Guild (CDG) Pay Equity Committee – about their Pay Equity Now campaign. The CDG Local 892 is vying for equity with their male-dominated craft counterparts. The guild, which is made up of 87% women, is...

Rebecca Damon, Executive Director of New York Local, Labor Policy and International Affairs for SAG-AFTRA tells Catherine Woo about the recent SAG-AFTRA strike and its aftermath, including how new members and supporters can get involved. They talk about the importance of advocacy and solidarity to pave the way for the next generation of artists. Lisa Takauchi Cullen is the President of the WGA Eas...

Latasha Gillespie, Global Head of DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) for Amazon MGM Studios , Prime Video and Freevee tells Tammy Reese about the importance of inclusivity in regards to hiring studio positions, actors and crew and within shows and films they choose to produce. She also highlights her new initiative to prioritize mental health in the workplace.   Penni Malloy-Har...

Our podcast team member Penni Malloy-Harper, who received Spotify recognition for having the Top Episode of The Year on our show, brings us an outstanding interview with Script Supervisor Dawn Gilliam . Her credits include an iconic list of movies and television shows such BOYZ N THE HOOD, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Hunger Games, Lost, and Marvel's Agents of Shield . She also teaches an onl...

Another double header is coming your way! This week we are honored to speak with: EmmoLei Sankofa , Music Composer for Hulu’s The Other Black Girl , a dynamic thriller about an editorial assistant who gets excited when another black girl is hired only to discover something sinister is going on at the company. Sarah Burke, CBS New York Vice President & News Director who has helped the station’s...

We have two powerhouse women joining us this week! Heard of a film called Barbie ? Suzana Peric , the film's Supervising Music Editor and NYWIFT Muse Honoree, tells us all about working on the smash-hit film. Director/Producer Sonia Kennebeck discusses filming her fascinating new documentary Reality Winner (about a young NSA translator charged with espionage), in real time over five years. We...

Tammy Reese has a great interview for us! Our mini-episode features NYWIFT member Mirejah Cruz, an actor and a writer with a background in sketch comedy. She wrote and produced Hell Week with the intention of sparking a conversation around Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and bringing awareness to the realities that women face while living with PMDD.   To be featured on the podcast email us at comm...

We don't have just one great interview for this this week...we have two!! First, NYWIFT member Lucia Grillo takes us through her multifaceted career here and in Italy while Cristina Cacioppo, programmer of Nitehawk Cinema , tells us about the current River Phoenix Retrospective and the work that goes into being a film programmer.   Hosts Tammy Reese and Penni Love-Harper provide a status on th...

We are back with another great season!  This episode Tammy has a fun conversation with co-directors Charlie Gillette and Sara Metcalf about their short film Versace Softboi , a personal tale about stalking and inherent dangers of women in the online dating world. The film is an official selection at the New Voices Film Festival and Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. Ravit Markus, director-producer of...

Time for the podcast team to hit the beach. We will be back in September! You can reach us at communications@nywift.org for inclusion in our Fall episodes.

This week we are super excited to speak with Producer Shanna Riker and an award-winning Screenwriter, Director, and Producer Melissa Bronski. Shanna and Melissa talk with Penni Malloy-Harper about their production company Honey & Hemlock Productions and all the films they have created. Their newest film Speechless, the third and final short in their series, speaks about grief and has just been...

This week we are excited to talk about the intriguing thriller/horror film ⁠ Clock ⁠ airing on Hulu and Disney+ international. Writer-Director ⁠Alexis Jacknow⁠ and Editor ⁠Alexandra Amick ⁠ talk with Tammy Reese about this timely and thought provoking film that follows a woman desperate to fix her broken biological clock when faced with pressure from friends, family, and society to have children....