As a filmmaker, her feature film debut, A Single Woman, about the life of first US Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, won the 2009 Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus. In 2013, her short Spanish-language film Ese Beso won the Jury Award at the Senorita Cinema Festival and the Audience Award at the Boyle Heights Latina Film Festival. In 2016, her follow-up feature, the documentary Equal Means Equal, won Best U.S. Documentary (Audience Award) at Michael Moore’s TCF Festival, and was a New York Times Critics' Pick. The film was the catalyst behind a national civil rights movement pushing for the ratification of the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: the Equal Rights Amendment.[2][3]
Early life
Kamala Lopez born in New York City to an Indian mother and a Venezuelan father, Lopez lived with her parents in Caracas until age 14 when the family returned to the United States. Attended Yale University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and theater studies.[4]
Lopez directed the Spanish-language short film Ese Beso in Madrid, Spain, starring Daniel Freire and Lia Chapman. She directed A Single Woman (2008), about the life of the first US congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin.[8] The film was adapted from the play of the same name, written by Jeanmarie Simpson, a relative of Lopez.[9]
In 2009 Lopez created the ERA Education Project, a national media campaign to raise awareness about the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States.[8] She interviewed women nationwide about how civil rights issues such as equal pay and domestic violence affect their daily lives.[11]
In October 2013, she launched a Kickstarter campaign for the documentary Equal Means Equal.[12] This project about the status of women in America also meant to revive public support for the ERA.[13]Gloria Steinem appears in the film, along with more than 100 interviewees.
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