What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire….

I loved the commentary following Rose Afriyie’s post, "The Wire’s Gender Problem" http://www.feministing.com/archives/018754.html.

Everyone brought up great points, and since my SO and I are big fans of the show, we had a great discussion at home about it.

He brought up a question: What would be a feminist show/movie? What would it entail, who would it focus on, what would be a good plot?, etc. 

As far as The Wire goes, I am of the belief that it was showing patriarchal systems that don’t always include women (unfortunately) so it stuck to its’ "authenticity" in that way. Yes, it didn’t have the women’s experiences that I would have liked, but again, it was mostly framed from male-dominated fields.

I explained that there may very well be feminist-friendly movie scripts out there that aren’t being made into movies (see: patriarchal system). And he asked again what would define a feminist movie?

Fellow Feministers, help me out? Surely we’ll all have our own opinions according to taste, but what would define a feminist movie/show?