Robert De Niro, Rosie O’Donnell, Soledad O’Brien Join Geena Davis’s Female Film Fest

The first Bentonville Film Festival, scheduled for May 5-9, hasn’t yet announced its slate of films, which will highlight female and minority filmmakers. But the happily acronymed BFF has just signed up talents including Robert De Niro, Rosie O’Donnell, Nick Cannon, Bruce Dern, Joey Lauren Adams, and newswoman Soledad O’Brien to participate in its panels and film screenings. Actress Geena Davis is behind the new film fest. Working behind the scenes, the Oscar-winning actress has been pushing for decades to get women more credit and more work in Hollywood. Read More…