Emily Wilson
Emily Wilson is a radio and print reporter who writes about the arts in San Francisco for the Examiner.com. She has done stories for dozens of media outlets including NPR, KQED-FM, Agence France-Presse, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, Edutopia and Alternet. She also teaches adults working on getting a GED or high school diploma at City College of San Francisco.
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Wonder Women—Larger than Life and Life Affirming
"Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines" premieres on Independent Lens this evening on most PBS member stations. More »
Showcasing Films by Cuban Women
For the first time, a group of women filmmakers from Cuba are showing their films in the United States, beginning in Los Angeles on March 8, International Women's Day. More »
Sotomayor—From the Bronx to the Bench
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is determined to be as frank as possible in her new memoir. More »
Celebrating “Wimmen’s Comix”
An exhibit in San Francisco shows how Bay Area cartoonists made history 40 years ago. More »
Filmmaker Explores India’s Complex Identity
In "The World Before Her," Nisha Pahuja looks at the extremes of India's evolving notions of gender. More »
Rashida Jones Creates a Thinking Woman’s Romantic Comedy
With partner Will McCormack, Rashida Jones writes a role for herself that defies the clichés of the genre, in Celeste and Jesse Forever, a film which opens today in New York and Los Angeles. More »
Bahrain Medics Still at Risk
On the one-year anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, a lawyer continues her fight for medics arrested and tortured for treating protestors injured by police—in demonstrations where women have played a key role. More »
Margaret Cho (no surprise) Speaks Her Mind
Fans can watch Margaret Cho's new concert film, "Cho Dependent," on Showtime beginning this weekend. Here, Emily Wilson talks to the star and the film's director and discovers the political roots of Cho's outspoken comedy. More »
Ericka Huggins and "Black Power Mixtape"
In her interview by author Emily Wilson, Ericka Huggins tells why a recent documentary on the Black Panther Party can help open up a needed conversation on race, gender and class. More »
Connected—Tiffany Shlain's New "Autoblogography"
Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain invented a word for her film that crosses genres between documentary and memoir and explores how technology alters our sense of relationship. More »
“Higher Ground”—Vera Farmiga Takes Control
Using what she has learned from colleagues, Vera Farmiga, Oscar nominee for "Up in the Air," directs and stars in a film that explores spirituality. Arts reporter Emily Wilson talks to her about the project. More »
Many Roads to Their Truth—The Topp Twins
In what singer-songwriter Billy Bragg calls their "anarchist variety act," the Topp Twins expand their loyal following beyond New Zealand's borders. More »
The Power of “Ruined”
Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize winning play enlightens audiences across the country. Ruined just finished a run in Berkeley, California, plays this month in Denver and opens April 22 in Washington, D.C. More »
Lingering Inequity in the Arts—A Comedic Take
In a new play in San Francisco, Theresa Rebeck explores workplace reality where a woman's good work may reward no one. More »
Ancient Texts of Everyday Secrets
Arts commentator Emily Wilson talked to singer and composer Jewlia Eisenberg about her latest installation in San Francisco, a project that brings to life the ancient, secret writings of women in what is now Iraq. More »
“The Heretics”: Women of the Heresies Collective
The author interviews the maker of a documentary that captures a prolific period of feminist art, focusing on the collective as, according to the film web site, “a microcosm of the larger international women’s movement, in which thousands of small, private groups of women met together in forms unique to their own settings.” More »
Women’s History Spotlight: Jeannette Rankin
Director Kamala Lopez’s film tells the story of the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, one who bridged the suffrage, civil liberties, anti-war and women’s movements of 20th century America. More »
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Precious Star Claims the Spotlight
With the confidence of a seasoned performer, Gabourey Sidibe portrays a particular character with universal appeal. The movie, based on a Sapphire novel, opens in limited release on Friday. More »
Congresswoman Barbara Lee—a Rebel Inside the House
Now in her sixth full term in the House of Representatives, the congresswoman holds to her radical roots, explaining in her new book just how mainstream those revolutionary programs have become. Currently chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, she spoke to author Emily Wilson of her need to define herself. More »
Media Attacks: Getting Even—and Then Some
Stung by Michael Savage’s attack on children with autism and their parents, playwright Carolyn Doyle, in a one-woman performance currently running in San Francisco, uses her craft to show how a family navigates a mysterious world. More »
Patsy Mink: Paving the Way
Kimberlee Bassford discovers a subject for her documentary who had crafted the laws that made it possible for the filmmaker to achieve her education and career. More »
