Netflix, UN Women launch ‘Because She Watched’ for Int’l Women’s Day
Netflix and UN Women launched “Because She Watched” for International Women’s Day. It is a special Netflix collection of series, documentaries and films for the celebration.
The collection will be available all throughout the year. It is curated by female creators including filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown, Pose‘s Janet Mock. It also includes Salma Hayek, Sophia Loren, Laurie Nunn, To All the Boys star Lana Condor and more.
According to Anita Bhatia, UN Women Deputy Executive Director, “this collaboration is about taking on the challenge of telling women’s stories and showing women in all their diversity.”
“It’s about making visible the invisible, and proving that only by fully representing and including women on screen, behind-the-camera, and in our narratives overall, society will truly flourish,” she added.
Meanwhile, the International Women’s Day will happen on March 8. In fact, it will be themed by, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights.” Inspiring the women through stories is the aim of the collection.
Below is the list of the women who helped curate “Because She Watched,” in honor for International Women’s Day:
Alejandra Azcárate (Colombia) – Vis a Vis
Alice Wu (United States) – Frances Ha
Andrea Barata Ribeiro (Brazil) – Sex Education
Anna Winger (Germany) – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ava DuVernay (United States) – A Wrinkle in Time
Barbara Lopez (Mexico) – Scandal
Beren Saat (Turkey) – Bird Box
Bruna Mascarenhas (Brazil) – Quien te cantará
Cecilia Suárez (Mexico) – Marriage Story
Chris Nee (United States) – Orange is the New Black
Christian Serratos (United States) – The Goop Lab
Cindy Bishop (Thailand) – Anne with an E
Elena Fortes (Mexico) – Atlantique
Esther Acebo (Spain) – Chef’s Table: Bo Songvisava
Fadily Camara (France) – How to Get Away with Murder
Fanny Herrero (France) – Je Parle Toute Seule
Fatimah Abu Bakar (Malaysia) – Babies
Francesca Comencini (Italy) – What Happened, Miss Simone?
Giovanna Ewbank (Brazil) – The Most Beautiful Thing
Hanna Ardéhn (Sweden) – Silence of the Lambs
Hazar Erguclu (Turkey) – House of Cards
Hend Sabry (Egypt) – Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Ida Elise Broch (Norway) – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Janet Mock (United States) – Paris Is Burning
Joyce Cheng (Hong Kong) – Queer Eye
Juliana Vicente (Brazil) – When They See Us
Kemi Adetiba (Nigeria) – King of Boys
Kiara Advani (India) – Lust Stories
Lali Espósito (Argentina) – Notting Hill
Lana Condor (United States) – Grace and Frankie
Lauren Morelli (United States) – Julie & Julia
Laurie Nunn (England) – The Keepers
Laverne Cox (United States) – A Call to Courage
Liz Garbus (United States) – She’s Gotta Have It
Logan Browning (United States) – Someone Great
Lynn Fainchtein (Mexico) – 2001:Space Odyssey
Marcela Benjumea (Colombia) – Dead to Me
Mercedes Morán (Argentina) – Aquarius
Mika Ninagawa (Japan) – In the Realm of the Senses
Millie Bobby Brown (United Kingdom) – Miss Americana
Mina El Hammani (Spain) – ¿Qué Co#o Está Pasando?
Mindy Kaling (United States) – Chewing Gum
Mira Lesmana (Indonesia): ROMA
Mithila Palkar (India): Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette
Nahnatchka Khan (United States): Young Adult
Ngô Thanh Vân (Vietnam): Wonder Woman
Nosipho Dumisa (South Africa): Gravity
Pathy Dejesus (Brazil): Raising Dion
Paulina Garcia (Chile): Deux Jours, Une Nuit
Petra Costa (Brazil): Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Salma Hayek (Mexico): Unbelievable
Sandi Tan (Singapore): Russian Doll
Shefali Shah (India): Delhi Crime
Sophia Loren (Italy): The Crown
Yalitza Aparicio (Mexico): Knock Down the House
