Founded by Ariel Dougherty and Sheila Paige with Dolores Bargowski, WMM was first a feminist production collective that emerged from city-wide Women's Liberation meetings in September 1969.

Dougherty and Paige incorporated the organization in March 1972 as a community based workshop to teach film to everyday women.

These films address such subjects as reproductive rights, AIDS, body image, economic development, racism, immigration, medical ethics, and global feminism.

[6] WMM films have aired on cable networks and public television stations around the world,[8] including HBO/Cinemax, PBS, Sundance Channel, and Rede Globo.

Among the broadcast titles: Kim Longinotto's Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go and Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco's Ella Es El Matador.