acclaimed british actress, rebecca hall also made her directorial debut with passing.and is a story about racism in 1920s new york. over half of all the faces who took part in virtual sundance this year were female film—makers, as the festival achieved gender parity across the board, eight years after it managed it in one of its competitions. nearly half of those projects were by non—white female directors, including a documentary about rita moreno, the first hispanic woman to win an oscar for west side story in 1962. moreno not only suffered sexual harassment, but also appalling typecasting in her early career. i wanted to turn the parts down, but that is all that was offered, and i had to make a living. what i went through in my youth and did my hollywood years, which was in my 20s... here is what is really ironic, it is still happening. this was a0 or 50 years ago. it is still happening. isn't this crazy? what was apparent is that of the call for women's authentic voices to be heard, wherever they come from. writing with fire, which won a special impact for change j