News

2023
The 50 Best Movies Directed by Women (24/7 Wall Street) – THE TALE #21

For Years She Said a Coach Abused Her. Now She Has Named a Legend. (The New York Times)

THE TALE Jennifer Fox on Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse (Democracy NOW)

MFA in Television Writing Program Builds Pipeline to TV Industry

2022
Annie Mae Aquash True-Crime Docuseries Lead Onyx Non-Scripted Slate (Deadline)

Patricia Clarkson Holds Court (The New Yorker)

2021
Mister Smith Entertainment boards US political thriller ‘Lilly’ (exclusive Screen Daily)

Patricia Clarkson to Play Fair Pay Pioneer Lilly Ledbetter (Variety)

2020
‘Fair Pay Act’ Political Thriller In The Works (Patch)

Redford Center Funding a Record 22 Documentaries (The Hollywood Reporter)

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Receives Gracie Award (Deadline)

This is Unprecedented: featuring VIVA VERDI! (Deadline)

THE TALE #25 on 50 Best Movies Available to Stream That You’ve Never Seen (24/7 Wall St)

Untitled Annie Mae Aquash Documentary Fork Films Grant Recipient (The Hollywood Reporter)

Meryl Streep Backing Rachel Feldman’s Fair Pay Drama ‘LILLY’ (The Hollywood Reporter)

Banging the Table Award for Women in Hollywood: This Changes Everything (Philanthropy Women)

2019
Simone Pero, Cynopsis Top Women in Media Awards 2019 (Cynopsis)

‘This Changes Everything’ Review: Hollywood’s Men, Called to Action (NY Times Critic’s Pick)

Geena Davis & Tom Donahue on ‘This Changes Everything’ (Amanpour & Co)

‘This Changes Everything’: Geena Davis On Empowering Women in Hollywood (NPR)

9 Ways the New Documentary ‘This Changes Everything’ Takes on Misogynistic Hollywood (Shondaland)

‘This Changes Everything’ Review: Compelling Documentary Tackles Hollywood Gender Inequality Head-On (Deadline)

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ to Receive Designing Women Award (Variety)

Common Reveals He Was Molested in New Book – And Laura Dern Helped Him Remember (People)

Laura Dern Embraces the Messiness of Human Life (The New York Times)

Simone Pero is Redefining the Meaning of ‘Impact’ (Stony Brook University News)

Laura Dern’s Big Little Truths (Vanity Fair)

‘This Changes Everything Docu About Hollywood Discrimination Acquired by Good Deed (Deadline)

The Tale Wins Satellite Award (International Press Academy)

2018
Filmmaker’s Top Posts of 2018 (Filmmaker Magazine)

New Yorker Magazine Names The Tale in Best of 2018 (The New Yorker)

The Tale of Doing Everything Wrong to Make Something Right (Talkhouse)

Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Burstyn Muse Awards 2018 (Women and Hollywood)

‘This Changes Everything’ Documentary Makes Jaws Drop During NYC Premiere (OK!)

In ‘This Changes Everything,’ Hollywood’s Top Women Wonder When (Bloomberg)

Cynthia Lopez to Head NY Women in Film & Television (Variety)

Top 50 Film Schools of 2019 (The Wrap) Stony Brook Hits #32

‘This Changes Everything’ Stresses Importance of Parity — from the Top Down (Sag Harbor Express)

Toronto Film Review: This Changes Everything (Variety)

In ‘This Changes Everything’ Hollywood’s Top Women Wonder When (Bloomberg News)

This Changes Everything Might Be the Most Important Film You see at TIFF This Year (Fashion Magazine)

The Tale: Jennifer Fox on the One-of-a-Kind Rollout that Made Her Stunning Memoir More Than A Movie (Indiewire)

My Life…As I Repressed It: Writer/Director Jennifer Fox on Her Explosive New Film about Sexual Abuse, The Tale (Filmmaker Magazine)

How My Struggle As A Survivor of Sexual Abuse Became ‘The Tale’, A Movie I Hope Will Change The World (Deadline)

Speak, Memory: The Haunting Memoir of ‘The Tale’ (The New York Times)

Having Fear and Doing It Anyway (NYWIFT Blog)

‘THE TALE’ Reviewed (The New Yorker)

Is ‘The Tale’ HBO’s Most Controversial Movie Ever? (Rolling Stone)

Geena Davis, David Yurman brand seek change with new documentary looking at gender in Hollywood (LA Times)

Nicole Kidman Lends Her Support to The Writers Lab (The Hollywood Reporter)

Sundance Sensation ‘The Tale’ Sells to HBO Films (Variety)

‘The Tale’ and HBO: A Sundance Paradigm Shift? (Variety)

Jennifer Fox’s drama ‘The Tale’ brings #MeToo to Sundance (LA Times)

Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Fox – “The Tale” (Women and Hollywood)

‘The Tale’ a Cautionary About Sexual Abuse for Hollywood and Beyond (IMDB Studio)

‘The Tale,’ A Visionary Portrait of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Is 2018’s First Great Movie (Huffington Post)

The Tale review – stunning sexual abuse drama is the mother of all #MeToo movies (The Guardian)

Sundance’s First Standing Ovation Goes to Laura Dern and THE TALE (Vanity Fair)

Sundance Film Review: ‘The Tale’ (Variety)

2017

MFA in Film Faculty Simone Pero Addresses the Year for Women in Entertainment at NYWIFT Gala (Stony Brook Matters)

Judith Light Praises Current ‘Truth-Telling,’ ‘Courage’ in Hollywood at New York Women in Film & Television Event (Variety)

2018 Sundance Lineup (EW)

15 Most Anticipated Films From The 2018 Sundance Film Festival (The Playlist)

2018 Sundance Film Festival: Feature Films Announced

NYWIFT President Simone Pero Testifies Before NYC Human Rights Commission

New York Women in Film & Television to Honor Laura Dern, Judith Light, Others at Muse Awards (Variety)

New York State Governor’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development Announces Second Annual Pitch NY Event to Promote Diverse Voices in the Entertainment Industry

Stony Brook Makes Top 50 Film Schools (The Wrap)

Guilds & Lawmakers Urge Gov. Cuomo To Sign NY Tax Credit Bill to Boost Women & Minorities (Deadline)

Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey-Funded Women Writers Lab Selects Projects (The Hollywood Reporter)

Women Directors Play Lead Role in Stony Brook Film Festival This Summer (SBU Happenings)

New York Women in Film & Television Announces New Board President Simone Pero (Broadway World)

Film Schools in a Time of Disruption (Filmmaker Magazine)

Maggie Siff, John Ortiz, Cara Seymour Shine in Indie Drama (LA Times)

‘A Woman, a Part’ and a Quest to Reconnect (The New York Times)

The 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: The Tale (Filmmaker Magazine)