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In this hallucinatory day-in-the-life of a Black female artist, we see a satire exploration of the art-world within the digital age, through a hazy and hilarious journey from academic critiques to backseat hookups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more films by female directors, discover MUBI\u2019s list <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mubi.com\/specials\/women-directors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>MUBI offers SLEEK readers 30 days of hand-picked films for free. Click on this link to discover great cinema:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mubi.com\/sleek?utm_source=sleek&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=sleek_2022\">mubi.com\/sleek<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Films By Female Directors on MUBI - Sleek Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In anticipation of Aftersun being released in cinemas, SLEEK takes a look at 5 must-see films by female directors streaming now on MUBI.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/5-films-by-female-directors-on-mubi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Films By Female Directors on MUBI - Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In anticipation of Aftersun being released in cinemas, SLEEK takes a look at 5 must-see films by female directors streaming now on MUBI.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/5-films-by-female-directors-on-mubi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-15T16:03:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-29T10:32:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleek\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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