Emmy Winner Cady McClain's Documentary 'Seeing is Believing: Women Direct' Launches Today on TuggEDU

Emmy® winning actress-turned-director Cady McClain's Seeing is Believing: Women Direct, a documentary film about women who direct film and television, is partnering with TuggEDU to bring the film to all North American schools, organizations, community centers, libraries, churches, groups, boardrooms and more. Groups can choose to host a private event or public screening, while high schools, community colleges and universities can purchase an educational license, DVD or host a single screening. The film is available in 27-, 58- and 84-minute versions. Ms. McClain is currently available to travel to screenings and to share her experience in the making of this film. The 84-minute, full-length feature version of the film will also be screening three times at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, where McClain will be appearing as a panelist on Saturday, Oct. 13 after the screening. More information on TuggEDU and the film, visit: https://educate.tugg.com/titles/seeing-is-believing.

McClain was bestowed the 2017 International Matrix Award from the Association of Women in Communications for her work creating Seeing is Believing: Women Direct and support of female directors. She was also the keynote speaker at the 2018 DRI Women in the Law (#DRIWITL) Conference in Miami. The 57-minute version of the film won the Audience Award at the 2017 SOHO International Film Festival for Best Feature and the 28-minute version won a Jury Award at the Newport Beach FF, and Best Documentary Short at the 2017 Burbank Film Festival.

Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary film which emphasizes the opportunity for women to use their voice through media to change the social and political landscape and achieve full equality. Focusing on inspiring and uplifting young female storytellers through the mentorship and leadership of four diverse directors, Seeing is Believing: Women Direct opens the conversation up to ask "What is the broader role of storytelling in our society and how can women use filmed media as a unique opportunity to catalyze progress?" The film is additionally bolstered by important insights from male and female-identifying filmmakers to show how collaboration, rather than oppression, can incentivize all genders to connect to our shared human experience. Featuring Lesli Linka Glatter (EP/Director Homeland), Sarah Gavron (Director: Suffragette, Brick Lane), Li Lu (Director: There is a New World Somewhere) and Naima Ramos-Chapman (Director: HBO's Random Acts of Flyness).

Cameos in the film include: Kimberly Peirce (Carrie, Stop-Loss, Boys Don't Cry), Betty Thomas (highest grossing female director: The Brady Bunch Movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeak-quel) Bethany Rooney (200+ hours primetime TV, Director of the Warner Bros TV Diversity Initiative & co-author of Directors Tell the Story), two-time Oscar-winner Sarah Kernochan (documentaries: Marjoe, Thoth), Deborah Riley Draper (Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution), producer Deborah Del Prete (Ender's Game, The Spirit), producer/director John Wells (ER, West Wing), Mike Robin (Major Crimes), Michael Rauch (Beautiful People, Royal Pains) and Robert Munic (EP/Co-EP Empire, Star, The Closer, ICE) and more.

The producing team: Producer Cady McClain, Kate Super (Director/Producer: Women on the Edge), Amanda Quinn Olivar (Board member, The Chimaera Project), Kimberly McCullough (Director: One Day at a Time), Jon Lindstrom (Director: How We Got Away With It), Eva Paris Cicynte (Producer: Butterflies), and Li Lu (Director: There Is a New World Somewhere).

Watch a trailer here: