The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

The interviews show these extraordinary women sharing their diverse journeys, personal stories, and perspectives, and the effect is both inspiring and empowering. The Female Lead is an initiative founded by data pioneer and entrepreneur Edwina Dunn to make women’s stories more visible, offering alternative role models with the goal of fostering ambition and self-belief in young women.

Ava DuVernay

Self

Tavi Gevinson

Self

Mhairi Black

Self

Christiane Amanpour

Self

Dr Cori Bargmann

Self

Michaela DePrince

Self

Meryl Streep

Self

Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe

Self

Samantha Power

Self

• Marian LacombeEditor · Director

Release date

March 5, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

41m

Genres

Documentary

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  Doctors, Liars, and Women: AIDS Activists Say No to Cosmo

  1988

• (In)Visible Women

  1991

• Objectif femmes

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  Nefertiti's Daughters

  2015

• Saudi Solutions

  2006

• Raising Renee

  2011

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  Vera Klement: Blunt Edge

  2010

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  Bone Wind Fire

  2011

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  The Goddesses of Food

  2017

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  The Secret Life of Geisha

  1999

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  Himalaya: The Land of Women

  2012

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  A Small Section of the World

  2014