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Women's films explored female sexuality, including the films of Birgit Hein, Nelly Kaplan, Catherine Breillat, Celine Sciamma, Barbara Hammer. Women film directors also documented the participation of women in anti-imperialist movements. Kathryn Bigelow (born 1951) [16] is an American director, producer, and writer.
The role of women's films was discussed at the Women's Liberation Conference in Melbourne in 1970, [108] and groups such as the Feminist Film Workers collective (1970s and 1980s), Sydney Women"s Film Group (SWFG, 1972–), Melbourne Women's Film Group (1973–), Reel Women (1979 to 1983 in Melbourne), and Women's Film Unit (Sydney and Melbourne ...
Kapitel (For Women: Chapter 1); writer and director: Cristina Perincioli – award-winning documentary fiction on a women's strike in Berlin; 1972 Sambizanga; director: Sarah Maldoror – feature film about the liberation movement in Angola; 1972 The Heartbreak Kid; director: Elaine May; 1972 The Other Side of the Underneath; director Jane Arden
Some of those films made by female filmmakers include “The Blues Society,” a documentary by Augusta Palmer, daughter of former New York Times movie critic Robert Palmer, about the creation of ...
Only 3 films featured a women 45 years of age or older in a lead or co-lead role: Keri Russell in “Cocaine Bear,” Nia Vardalos in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and Salma Hayek in “Magic ...
Such films, according to Smith, were more often created by men because "women's movie ideas" were mostly about relationships and "aren't commercial enough for Hollywood studios". [48] He considered the Bechdel test just as meaningless as a test asking whether a film contained cowboys. [48] Smith's article provoked vigorous criticism. [49]
The film at times has the encompassing pansexuality of a D.H. Lawrence novel (Women in Love, say, which was adapted into a rather startling film back in 1969) but with everyone wearing immaculate ...
Woman in Gold is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell. The film stars Helen Mirren , Ryan Reynolds , Daniel Brühl , Katie Holmes , Tatiana Maslany , Max Irons , Charles Dance , Elizabeth McGovern , and Jonathan Pryce .