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| Abbreviation | WMM |
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| Formation | September 1969 |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
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Founders | Ariel Dougherty Sheila Page |
Executive Director | Debra Zimmerman |
| Website | wmm |
Women Make Movies is a non-profit feminist media arts organization based in New York City. Founded by Ariel Dougherty and Sheila Paige with Dolores Bargowski, WMM was first a feminist production collective that emerged from city-wide Women's Liberation meetings in September 1969. They produced four films by 1973. Dougherty and Paige incorporated the organization in March 1972 as a community based workshop to teach film to everyday women. A distribution service was also begun as an earned income program. In the mid-1970s a membership was created that screened and distributed members' work.[1][2] In the early 1980s focus shifted to concentrate on distribution of independent films by and about women.[3] WMM also provides production assistance to women filmmakers.
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- ^ White, Patricia (2013). ""Women Make Movies at 40"". Camera Obscura. 1 (82): 147–155. doi:10.1215/02705346-2016996. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Debra Zimmerman and Women Make Movies - Featured Artists". Center for Social Media. 2002.