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Frankly Speaking Series

Check out our curated conversations where film luminaries discuss issues relevant to LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people both onscreen and behind the scenes.

Frankly Speaking with
theVivien’s Wild Ride team

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moderated by Rivkah Beth Medow

A no-holds barred conversation about women in film and sound editing
Originally aired March 11, 2026. View the recording here.
Rewind – A panel featuring Vivien Hillgrove, Barbara McBane, and other women sound editors who worked at American Zoetrope, the Saul Zaentz Film Center, and Lucasfilm Ltd during San Francisco’s “Golden Age of Film-Sound” (1970-1990). 

Presented by Frankly Speaking Films, Mom’s Head Films, and Mu Films. Co-presented with SFFILM , The Curve Foundation, and Film Fatales.

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Frankly Speaking with
Lea & Yoruba

moderated by Chanelle Elaine
a conversation about representation of lgbtq+ women & nonbinary people in film

Originally aired August 26, 2020. View the recording here.

Lea DeLaria and Yoruba Richen discuss the state of LGBTQ+ women’s representation.

We want to live in a world where all queer women are valued. Visibility and authenticity in media are the most powerful tools to realize that vision. Frankly Speaking Films, creators of the feature documentary AHEAD OF THE CURVE, presents Lea DeLaria & Yoruba Richen in conversation about the state of LGBTQ+ women’s representation in film, where we’re headed, and what we want now. Moderated by Chanelle Elaine, the conversation is followed by a Q&A.

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