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Feminist Group Protest At Cannes Premiere
msnbc.com 1 week, 3 days agoCANNES, France (AP) -- A French feminist group upset about the lack of female directors at this year's Cannes Film Festival is protesting on the red carpet. Five women from La Barbe stood wearing fake beards in the torrential rain on Sunday at the premiere of Michael Haneke's "Amor." None of the 22 films competing for the Palme D'Or prize at the festival were directed by women. La Barbe (which means The Beard) previously had a letter complaining about the male-dominated festival line-up published in Le Mond
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Cannes' Female-free Directors Line-up Criticized
msnbc.com 2 weeks agoCANNES, France (AP) -- This year's Cannes Film Festival features directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and North America, directors from Asia and the Middle East , but no women. Not, at least, among the 22 filmmakers competing for the coveted Palme d'Or award. Last year, four female directors made the lineup, including Britain's Lynne Ramsay and Australia's Julie Leigh. The French feminist group La Barbe has taken the festival to task for excluding women with a petition published in th


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