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Tom Cruise and the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival
I am very proud to be a part of the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival which celebrates kick ass women in films. Along with screening and celebrating independent films, documentaries and shorts that portray empowered women on screen, the AWIAFF also honors those people visible in the industry who have been proactive in the festival's mission statement - promoting powerful women on screen. Among others, previous honorees include stars Linda Hamilton ("Terminator 2"), Gina Torres ("Firefly"), Kristanna Loken ("Painkiller Jane"), Yancy Butler ("Witchblade"), director Paul Feig ("The Heat", "Ghostbusters"), and stuntwomen extraordinaire Zoe Bell, Heidi Moneymaker and Jesse Graff.
For the third annual event (April, 2017), the AWIAFF will be honoring, among others, Melissa McCarthy ("Spy"); Nichelle Nichols ("Star Trek" - Lt. Uhura); martial arts star Cynthia Rothrock; stunt legends Jennifer Caputo, Andy Armstrong and Luci Romberg, and Tom Cruise.
When I mention Tom Cruise as one of AWIAFF's honorees, people are thrilled, but some are somewhat surprised at his inclusion at a festival honoring powerful kickass women as he is a male superstar of action films.
Mr. Cruise has been honored with the "Artemis Action Pillar Award" for playing powerful men alongside strong, tough women. Specifically, since 2010, his films, including "Knight and Day", "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation", and "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" show that men and women can work together as equals; both can be helpful to each other without either being inferior; women who kick ass are equal to men and do not diminish the men they are with. Instead, both of them are better with each other.
This example of showing kickass women in major action motion pictures alongside an action star of his magnitude goes a very long way in getting the message out there! My personal feeling is Mr. Cruise is making the movies that exactly match the festival's mission. Films that show women and men working together kicking ass as a team as opposed to all women or all men. This is a very positive message to get out into the world.
www.artemisfilmfestival.com
For the third annual event (April, 2017), the AWIAFF will be honoring, among others, Melissa McCarthy ("Spy"); Nichelle Nichols ("Star Trek" - Lt. Uhura); martial arts star Cynthia Rothrock; stunt legends Jennifer Caputo, Andy Armstrong and Luci Romberg, and Tom Cruise.
When I mention Tom Cruise as one of AWIAFF's honorees, people are thrilled, but some are somewhat surprised at his inclusion at a festival honoring powerful kickass women as he is a male superstar of action films.
Mr. Cruise has been honored with the "Artemis Action Pillar Award" for playing powerful men alongside strong, tough women. Specifically, since 2010, his films, including "Knight and Day", "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation", and "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" show that men and women can work together as equals; both can be helpful to each other without either being inferior; women who kick ass are equal to men and do not diminish the men they are with. Instead, both of them are better with each other.
This example of showing kickass women in major action motion pictures alongside an action star of his magnitude goes a very long way in getting the message out there! My personal feeling is Mr. Cruise is making the movies that exactly match the festival's mission. Films that show women and men working together kicking ass as a team as opposed to all women or all men. This is a very positive message to get out into the world.
www.artemisfilmfestival.com
