Radical Art, Radical Politics, and Community-Based Filmmaking in Newark: Being Gladys (2019)

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better example of community-based filmmaking than Being Gladys, which premiered at the 2019 Women in Media-Newark film festival. I’m a longtime admirer of WIM-N, whose director, Pamela Morgan, tirelessly throws herself into organizing a diverse, global assortment of feminist shorts and features every year. And through the associated New Jersey Filmmakers Lab, WIM-N facilitates collaborative, supportive projects, from which Being Gladys emerged.

So I was admittedly predisposed to like it, on a procedural level alone. Fortunately, it earned my warmth on its merits.