Women's cinema - Resisting violence and violent resistance

The term women's cinema usually refers to the work of women film directors. It can also designate the work of other women behind the camera such as cinematographers and screenwriters. Although the participation of women film editor, costume designers, and production designers is usually not considered to be decisive enough to justify the term "women's cinema", it does have a large influence on the visual impression of any movie. Women's cinema - Silent films. Alice Guy-Blaché made the very first feature fi ...

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• Women's cinema - Afro-American
• Women's cinema - African
• Women's cinema - Asian
• Women's cinema - Latin American
• Women's cinema - European
• Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?
• Women's cinema - Bibliography
• Women's cinema - Films small selection
• Women's cinema - Films about women directors
• Women's cinema - Film festivals

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Books Ally Acker, Reel Women. Pioneers of the Cinema. 1896 to the Present, London: B.T. Batsford 1991 Attwood, Lynne, Ed., Red Women on the Silver Screen: Soviet Women and Cinema from the Beginning to the End of the Communist Era, London: Pandora 1993 Jacqueline Bobo (ed.), Black Women Film and Video Artists (AFI Film Readers), Routledge 1998 Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema University of Wisconsin Press 2005 Ellerson ...

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Women's cinema, Women's cinema - Silent films, Women's cinema - Classic Hollywood, Women's cinema - Experimental and avant-garde cinema, Women's cinema - Impact of second-wave feminism, Women's cinema - Representing sexuality, Women's cinema - Resisting violence and violent resistance, Women's cinema - Afro-American, Women's cinema - African, Women's cinema - Asian, Women's cinema - Latin American, Women's cinema - European, Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?, Women's cinema - Bibliography, Women's cinema - Films small selection, Women's cinema - Films about women directors, Women's cinema - Film festivals

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Since the beginning of sound cinema, with very few exceptions, the films of women had been absent from mainstream cinema fore more then half a century. Sometimes actresses enjoying a star status turned to directing (like Barbara Streisand). Thelma & Louise and The Color Purple showed the acceptability of feminist themes – when the director was a man. These films turned out to be rather isolated incidents whereas blatantly sexist fi ...

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Women's cinema, Women's cinema - Silent films, Women's cinema - Classic Hollywood, Women's cinema - Experimental and avant-garde cinema, Women's cinema - Impact of second-wave feminism, Women's cinema - Representing sexuality, Women's cinema - Resisting violence and violent resistance, Women's cinema - Afro-American, Women's cinema - African, Women's cinema - Asian, Women's cinema - Latin American, Women's cinema - European, Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?, Women's cinema - Bibliography, Women's cinema - Films small selection, Women's cinema - Films about women directors, Women's cinema - Film festivals

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Elvira Notari was a pioneer of Italian cinema. During the "golden age" of "Classical" French cinema Jacqueline Audry was the only woman to direct commercial movies. In 1959 writer Marguerite Duras wrote the script for Alain Resnais' Hiroshima mon Amour. She turned to directing with La Musica in 1966. Among the best known French women film makers are Agnes Varda, Claire Denis, Nelly Kaplan. The work of many more French women directors is rarely screened outside France. German woman filmmaker Helke Sander was also one of the pioneers of the feminist movement. Other prominent women film makers include Marg ...

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Women's cinema, Women's cinema - Silent films, Women's cinema - Classic Hollywood, Women's cinema - Experimental and avant-garde cinema, Women's cinema - Impact of second-wave feminism, Women's cinema - Representing sexuality, Women's cinema - Resisting violence and violent resistance, Women's cinema - Afro-American, Women's cinema - African, Women's cinema - Asian, Women's cinema - Latin American, Women's cinema - European, Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?, Women's cinema - Bibliography, Women's cinema - Films small selection, Women's cinema - Films about women directors, Women's cinema - Film festivals

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Before 1980 it had been virtually impossible for a woman in India to become a film maker. Now Mira Nair, Aparna Sen, Vijaya Metah, Sai Paranjpye, Kalpapana Lajmi, Deepa Mehta and Gurinder Chadha are among the best known indian women film makers. The portrayal of female sexuality, especially lesbian, is still very controversial in India. In Japan for a long time Kinuyo Tanaka was the only woman to make feature films. She was able to do this against fierce resistance because she enjoyed a status as star actress. Using genre conventions her films showed women "with a humorous affection rare in Japan ...

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Women's cinema, Women's cinema - Silent films, Women's cinema - Classic Hollywood, Women's cinema - Experimental and avant-garde cinema, Women's cinema - Impact of second-wave feminism, Women's cinema - Representing sexuality, Women's cinema - Resisting violence and violent resistance, Women's cinema - Afro-American, Women's cinema - African, Women's cinema - Asian, Women's cinema - Latin American, Women's cinema - European, Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?, Women's cinema - Bibliography, Women's cinema - Films small selection, Women's cinema - Films about women directors, Women's cinema - Film festivals

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Germaine Dulac was a leading member of the French Avantgarde film movement after World war I Maya Deren's visionary films belong to the classics of experimental cinema. The main focus of her interest moved from the political activities of her youth to dance and later to Vodoo which she explored passionately. Shirley Clarke was a leading figure of the independent American film scene in New York in the fifties. Her work is rather unique insofar as she directed outstanding experimental and feature films as well as documentaries. Joyce Wi ...

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Women's cinema, Women's cinema - Silent films, Women's cinema - Classic Hollywood, Women's cinema - Experimental and avant-garde cinema, Women's cinema - Impact of second-wave feminism, Women's cinema - Representing sexuality, Women's cinema - Resisting violence and violent resistance, Women's cinema - Afro-American, Women's cinema - African, Women's cinema - Asian, Women's cinema - Latin American, Women's cinema - European, Women's cinema - Re-entering the mainstream?, Women's cinema - Bibliography, Women's cinema - Films small selection, Women's cinema - Films about women directors, Women's cinema - Film festivals

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