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  Miami Film Festival Calls for Gender Parity in Hollywood — as It Works Toward Equality Itself

  February 28 at 9:53 a.m.

  The Miami Film Festival's opening night documentary, "This Changes Everything," is a bold call for gender equality in the film industry. It cites devastating statistics that measure women's participation in some roles as low as 2 percent, and includes testimony from directors, producers, television network executives, and women actors from...

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  The Mamboniks Follows Mambo-Obsessed Jewish Youths in 1950s Miami Beach

  February 27 at 8:30 a.m.

  As millions of young people across the country became transfixed by Elvis Presley's hip shaking, a subculture of young, Jewish, New York-to-Miami Beach transplants looked past the blues and country-tinged sounds coming out of the American South, leaning instead toward the tropical beat of pre-revolution Cuba. This is the story pf the Mamboniks.

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  Bill Murray Documentary Headlines the Miami Independent Film Fest

  Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 9 a.m.

  You’ve heard about the Bill Murray urban legends. Now watch the supposed witnesses tell the tales on camera when The Bill Murray Stories makes its Miami premiere at the third annual Miami Independent Film Festival.

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  Isabelle Huppert on Barry Jenkins and Showing Her Comic Side

  Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 8 a.m.

  On March 16, Miami Film Festival will honor one of the most talented actresses in modern cinema. The night will reflect on an extensive career that spans more than a hundred films, highlight one of her latest leading roles, and finish with a birthday celebration on the stage of the Olympia Theater. This performer is Isabelle Huppert.

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  Blake Jenner Brings Juvenile to Miami Film Festival — for Real This Time

  Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 8:06 a.m.

  Last year, around this time, Blake Jenner, the actor most people know for playing the dyslexic golden boy Ryder Lynn on Glee, was to make a homecoming at last year's Miami Film Festival. Jenner, who grew up in Kendall, was traveling from his home in Los Angeles for the world premiere of his first script turned into a movie...

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  Miami Film Festival 2018: The Best Events This Year

  Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 9 a.m.

  Happy birthday to Miami Film Festival — it's finally fully legal. In its 35th year, the fest will show 148 films on movie screens around Miami, as well as host parties, dinners, panel discussions, and other celebrations of cinema in South Florida. Even the most devoted moviegoer couldn't see and do it all. But if you're looking for a place to start, check out New Times' best bets.