Introductions Necessary

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2017-03-13

  Kathleen Collins

Kathleen Collins deserves respect for managing to produce her feature film Losing Ground even before you consider that she achieved this in 1982 as an independent filmmaker.  But what earns her place in history is that when she wrote and directed Losin...
  Staff author
2017-02-27

  Amy Heckerling

Sometimes, a director makes a film that becomes engrained in the culture of a generation.  It affects the slang, the fashion, and the attitude of popular culture.  They launch superstar careers, images from the film become iconic, and scenes are parodi...
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2017-02-19

  Penelope Spheeris

Called a Rock ‘n Roll Anthropologist screenwriter, producer, and director Penelope Spheeris has spent much of her career delving into the world of the social outsider.
  Staff author
2017-02-19

  Ava DuVernay

You are likely familiar with the name Ava DuVernay.  As a filmmaker, she’s repeatedly made history as the first African-American woman to be nominated for and win multiple top awards.  Her career has ranged through both fiction and documentary, and man...
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2017-01-23

  Gurinder Chadha

When describing her work, director Gurinder Chadha says, “I tell stories about people audiences might think they have nothing in common with…then they emotionally connect with them and find they’re not different at all.”  Chadha is one the most success...
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2017-01-07

  Carrie Fisher

Welcome to our second season, Introductions Necessary: Above the Line. I wanted to start this season on a personal note. As a screenwriter and director, I’ve been inspired by many of the women we’re going to feature this year. But our first episode foc...
  Staff author
2016-12-31

  2016 In Review– Thank You

You’ve been listening to Introductions Necessary, a production of Nine Hour Films. First a look back at 2016, then forward to season two.
  Staff author
2016-12-31

  The Mars Generation

Inspired by pioneers like Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, many young women are hoping to be chosen for that mission.  Three of those hopefuls are Alyssa Carson, Abby Harrison, and Taylor Richardson.
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2016-12-30

  Yvonne Brill

Yvonne Brill wanted to study engineering but had to settle for science and mathematics as the dean wouldn’t allow women in that department-but that didn’t stop her from becoming one of the world’s leading designers of jet propulsion systems.
  Staff author
2016-12-29

  Ruby Hirose

Biochemist Ruby Hirose made major contributions to the development of vaccines against infantile paralysis and found a way to improve the pollen extracts that help sufferers of hay fever.
  Staff author