Read our latest media release on Fundamental and watch the series trailer.

Read our statement on COVID-19 to learn more about how activists in the film are being affected and more.

The activists featured in the Fundamental film series are available to interview, as are experts from Global Fund for Women. Please contact Anja Tranovich with any media or interview requests.

Global Fund for Women acknowledges the way COVID-19 is impacting people in different ways, and is working in solidarity with our grantee partners in these difficult and uncertain times.  You can read Global Fund for Women’s statement on COVID-19 and why now more than ever, feminist solidarity, individual and collective care, and healing justice are needed. 

What people are saying about Fundamental:

Latanya Mapp Frett, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women:

“Global Fund for Women is proud to help power feminist movements – those depicted in Fundamental and beyond – working to radically alter the course of history for women and girls—and all historically marginalized people and communities globally. The courageous activists in Fundamental are mobilizing to write new futures for themselves, their communities, and the world. We hope these films will activate a new wave of gender justice advocates to join them.”

Academy Award-winning director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy:

“The idea is to start important discourse about what it means to be an activist today, to inspire others to become activists, to show them the face of activists, and to take them into the minds of these people. This is more than just a documentary series. It’s meant to educate and empower the next generation.”

Read Fundamental press

• “Screen Time: Week of March 2” – International Documentary Association
• “Athena Film Festival Highlights Stories of Unseen Women Across the Globe” – Columbia Daily Spectator
• “YouTube, Global Fund for Women to Launch Doc Series Fundamental on March 4” – Television Post
• “New Youtube Doc Follows Gender Justice Pioneers” – Philanthropy Women
• “YouTube Preps Global Human Rights Doc” – C21 Media
• “YouTube Preps Global Human Rights Doc” – TV Latina
• “Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Wants You to Learn Why Activism is Fundamental” – Yahoo Style UK
• “Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Wants You to Learn Why Activism is Fundamental” – Refinery29
• “2020 Athena Film Festival Announces Awardees” – Awards Daily
• “Seriesfest Pilots Currency and Brooklyn Moving Company Take Festival Prizes” – Deadline
• “Seriesfest Announces Additional Special Events, Screenings, and Panels” – MultiChannel News
• “Why These Children Are Getting Married off at 14” – Refinery29
• “The Future of Activism is People-Based” – Refinery29
• “Proper Sex Ed Has the Power to Transform Lives in Kenya” – Refinery29
• “Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights in Georgia” – Refinery29
• “The Danger of Being a Black Woman in Brazil” – Refinery29
• “Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights in Georgia” – Yahoo UK
• “The Danger of Being a Black Woman in Brazil” – Yahoo UK
• “Premiere: Fundamental” – PopWrapped
• “25 For 25 Series: Latanya Mapp Frett”  – Chime for Change
• “Sharmeen's documentary series to mark women's day” – Dawn
• “Fundamental launches for International Women's Day” – OyeYeah
• “15 Organizations That Could Use Your Support During Women's History Month” – Bustle
• “The Danger of Being a Black Woman in Brazil” – Head Topics
• “YouTube Originals: RIghts not Roses” – TheNews.com
• “SOC films releases “Brazil – Defenders of Justice” – OyeYeah
• “SOC films releases US, KENYA Episodes of ‘FUNDAMENTAL. GENDER JUSTICE. NO EXCEPTIONS.’” – OyeYeah
• “Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Releases Two New Episodes of Global Series, Fundamental: Gender “Justice, No Exceptions” – Something Haute
• “The Scary Reality of Family Purity Day in Georgia” – MSN
• White Women, We Need to do Better – Ms. Magazine
• “Fundamental” Justice:  Fighting Racism and Patriarchy – Ms. Magazine
• There are Two U.S. Plagues—Coronavirus and Racism. Feminism is the Path Forward. – Ms. Magazine

Film Festivals

Fundamental has been screened at film festivals around the globe, including: