Episode 11: Amma Asante, Avengers: Endgame, Woman At War and Red Sparrow

Amma Asante joins Anna Smith and film critics Wendy Lloyd and Angie Errigo for a special episode in front of an audience at The AllBright Club Mayfair. Asante talks about her new film, Where Hands Touch, as well as her career, inspirations and being a film director in the age of Time’s Up. Films reviewed include Avengers: Endgame and Woman At War; while the panel discuss research around critical responses to the sexual violence in Red Sparrow. Releases put to the Bechdel Test range from Claire Denis’ High Life to Dragged Across Concrete, while audience questions bring out fascinating issues around gender, film and bias. Girls on Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long. Follow our guests on @AmmaAsante @amerrigoround  @WendyLloydvoice ‏and @annasmithjourno.