Director: Anne Alvergue

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Biography: Anne Alvergue is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and editor in the greater New York area. Anne received a Bachelor’s Degree from UC Berkeley and a Master’s Degree in Documentary Film from Stanford University. Her editing credits include "Love, Gilda", "Body Parts", "The Business of Birth Control", and "Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn", nominated for Outstanding Editing by Cinema Eye Honors. Her films have screened at film festivals and galleries worldwide, including most recently "The Martha Mitchell Effect", which screened at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is now on Netflix, nominated for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 95th Academy Awards.

Known for

The Martha Mitchell Effect

She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.
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The Martha Mitchell Effect

2022

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Love, Gilda

Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonies from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an icon on Saturday Night Live.
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Love, Gilda

2018

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Body Parts

An eye-opening investigation into the making of Hollywood sex scenes, shedding light on the real-life experiences behind classic scenes of cinema and tracing the legacy of exploitation of women in the entertainment industry.
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Body Parts

2022

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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s top counsel during investigations into Communist activities in the 1950s, Cohn is also known for being Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, fixer and mentor.
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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

2019

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Sex on Screen

Explores the process of creating sex scenes in Hollywood, the toll on those involved in filming them, and the impact such images have on women and girls in the real world. The film features candid interviews with actors and creators, including Jane Fonda, Rosanna Arquette, Joey Soloway, Angela Robinson, Karyn Kusama, Rose McGowan, Alexandra Billings, Emily Meade and David Simon, and highlights the voices of women who have spoken out against abusive behaviour on set and were punished for it.
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Sex on Screen

2023

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The Business of Birth Control

There can be no real gender justice without an unpacking of the power structures surrounding the reproductive health industry complex—and of the choices that the market pushes on women. Abby Epstein’s latest documentary highlights the dark history of eugenics and underfunded research that the birth control pill, often heralded as a feminist turning point in the history of reproductive rights, hides within itself.
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The Business of Birth Control

2021

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