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Option 1

 * Article title:Mira Nair
 * Article Evaluation:The article's content is relevant to the life of Mira Nair and the films she has directed. The leading section is :The article separates the different styles of film Nair has directed into sub-sections; "documentaries," "feature films" and "other works." This helps the lengthy section about Nair's career become more digestible to readers.:The article uses a vast number of citations with working referenced links.:The section on Nair's political views seems unfinished or unpolished and/or could be connected to her works and mission as a film director.
 * Sources:  Singh, Amardeep. The Films of Mira Nair : Diaspora Vérité. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2018.https://ocul-crl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_CRL/j2o5om/alma992326783005151:  Muir, John Kenneth. Mercy in Her Eyes : the Films of Mira Nair. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2006. https://ocul-crl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_CRL/j2o5om/alma992458425805151 :Corrius, Montse, Eva Espasa, and Laura Santamaria. 2023. "Translating Multilingualism in Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding" Languages 8, no. 2: 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8020129 https://www.mdpi.com/2298632 :Mukherjee, Ishani. 2010. “The Masala of Globalism: Repositioning ‘Dis/Placement’ in the Films of Mira Nair.” Studies in South Asian Film & Media 2 (2): 85–106. doi:10.1386/safm.2.2.85_1.:SUBESHINI MOODLEY Masters in Culture, Communication and Media Studies (2003) Postcolonial feminisms speaking through an ‘accented’ cinema: the construction of Indian women in the films of Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta, Agenda, 17:58, 66-75, DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2003.9674496:

Option 2

 * Article title:Mati Diop
 * Article Evaluation:The article is well organised and easy to digest, with clear, chronological sections from "Early Life" to "Filmography".:More could be written in the section named "Artistry and themes" as it focuses mostly on her film Atlantics, so more could be said about her other films. It would even be beneficial to go into detail about her focus on short films rather than feature length films.:The article has working citations links and uses reliable sources from film magazines such as Metal Magazine and IndieWire.
 * Sources:Dima, V. (2022). Meaninglessness : time, rhythm, and the undead in postcolonial cinema. Michigan State University Press. :Lawrance, Benjamin N. Review of Atlantique dir. by Mati Diop. African Studies Review 63, no. 3 (2020): E59-E61. muse.jhu.edu/article/768865.:Hamzah, Sahar. 2021. “Ghost Story as Social Commentary: A Look at Mati Diop’s Atlantics.” Journal of African Media Studies 13 (1): 125–27. doi:10.1386/jams_00038_7.

Option 3

 * Article title:Trinh T Minh Ha
 * Article Evaluation:The sections are varying lengths, for example the "Films" and "Literary Theory" sections are lengthy and may be less digestible, whereas the "Critical approach" section is comparatively very short.:The article included a vast number of citations, especially in the leading section and "Films" section, however there is little in the "Literary Theory" section, therefore this could be balanced better.:I found the leading section very clear and useful, speaking about her heritage, current profession and her work as a filmmaker.
 * Sources:  In-Between Spaces : the Films of Trinh T. Minh-Ha = Interstices : Les Films de Trinh T. Minh-Ha. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1990.:  Dixon, Wheeler W., and Gwendolyn Audrey. Foster. Experimental Cinema : the Film Reader. London ;: Routledge, 2002.:Van Nguyen-Marshall. (2018). [Review of FORGETTING VIETNAM, by T. T. Minh-ha & J.-P. Bourdier]. Pacific Affairs, 91(1), 221–224. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44876437

Option 4

 * Article title:Sarah Gavron
 * Article Evaluation:The article's content is relevant to the life and filmography of Sarah Gavron and remains neutral.:The citations are reliable and are referenced with working links.:The leading section could be tidied up, for example, only mentioning that Sarah Gavron is both a wife and mother in the biography section.:The article tackles one of Wikipedia's equity gaps by covering a female filmmaker who creates stories about Black British and British Asian women, drawing attention to underrepresented groups.
 * Sources:  Kurian, Alka. Narratives of Gendered Dissent in South Asian Cinemas. Vol. 12. London: Routledge, 2012.:Seabourne, G. (2016). Deeds, words and drama: A review of the film suffragette (2015). Feminist Legal Studies, 24(1), 115-119. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-015-9307-3 :Ebiri, Bilge. "Flick Lane: Director Sarah Gavron and Screenwriter Abi Morgan Streamline Monica Ali's Sprawling Novel Brick Lane into a Focused Slice-of-Life Film." Bookforum, Jun, 2008 https://www.proquest.com/docview/2039491457?accountid=9894&parentSessionId=bBC%2FbBmcyBHTpkBO4GYM6bWiwdAvQM6otShJrR7mh1A%3D&pq-origsite=primo :https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/20/rocks-review-sarah-gavron-bukky-bakray-kosar-ali-d-angelou-osei-kissiedu:

Option 5

 * Article title:Cheryl Dunye
 * Article Evaluation:The leading section is informative, giving a brief introduction to Dunye, however could also outline or introduce the sections spoken about in the main body of the article, for example by mentioning a few of her other films and mentioning her style and influences.:The "Influences" section is a good touch as it gives some insight to her style and her artistic decision, which is then further developed in the "Style" section, thus is cohesive and flows nicely.:The article uses a good range of references with working links, using journal articles, as well as film reviews and online news articles.
 * Sources:Francis, Terri, and CHERYL DUNYE. “STRUCTURAL LAUGHTER AND CONSTRUCTED INTIMACIES: THE SELF-REFLEXIVITY OF CHERYL DUNYE.” Film Quarterly 72, no. 2 (2018): 45–54. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26607474 .:Derk, George. 2018. “Inverting Hollywood from the Outside in: The Films within Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman.” Screen 59 (3): 293–310. doi:10.1093/screen/hjy036.:Horvat, Anamarija. Screening Queer Memory : LGBTQ Pasts in Contemporary Film and Television. London ;: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.:Mason, Clitha. "Queering The Mammy: New Queer Cinema's Version of an American Institution in Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman." Black Camera, vol. 8 no. 2, 2017, p. 50-74. Project MUSE, doi:10.2979/blackcamera.8.2.03.

Feedback
You have found some excellent sources. However, do note that it can be hard to incorporate film reviews into biographies, because they are all about the film, not the person. Also, you've listed filmmakers who are fairly well-known, so it will be more challenging to find new things about them. Chronophoto (talk) 17:47, 21 September 2023 (UTC)