Zanele Muholi
Visual activist who documents Black gay, lesbian, transgender, and intersex people in South Africa.
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Nanfu Wang
A 2020 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant winner, Nanfu Wang uses film to explore the relationship between individuals and governments. Like a rigorous investigative journalist, Wang employs immersive, vivid storytelling and a first-person narrative structure in her documentary films to examine the ideas of responsibility and freedom, particularly in her native China.
Marlene Zertuche
Poet, editor and Mexican cultural promoter.
Ava DuVernay
Although she did not pick up a camera until she was thirty-two, Ava DuVernay has made history as a writer, director, and producer. She was the first African American woman to win Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival, be nominated for a Best Director Golden Globe, direct a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, and direct a film with a budget over $100 million.
Laverne Cox
A prominent actress and the first openly transgender person nominated for an Emmy, Laverne Cox has promoted visibility and awareness on behalf of the transgender community.
Lila Zellet
Mexican writer, visual and performing artist, and researcher.
Marvin Breckinridge Patterson
When World War II broke out in 1939, freelance photojournalist Marvin Breckinridge Patterson took the first pictures of a London air-raid shelter.
Clare Boothe Luce
US congresswoman (1942-1946), ambassador, playwright, socialite, and war reporter
Eva Tanguay
Eccentric comedienne and beloved musical comedy star on the American stage
Alice Guy-Blaché
She was a pioneer of the French and American film industries during the silent era and the first woman to have a career as a director, yet her work and career have largely been overlooked throughout history.