Renegade Women in Film and TV
Title | Renegade Women in Film and TV PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Weitzman |
Publisher | Clarkson Potter |
Total Pages | 130 |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0525574549 |
A charmingly illustrated and timely tribute to the women who broke glass ceilings in film and television, debuting during an historic time of change in the entertainment industry. Renegade Women in Film and TV blends stunning illustrations, fascinating biographical profiles, and exclusive interviews with icons like Barbra Streisand, Rita Moreno, and Sigourney Weaver to celebrate the accomplishments of 50 extraordinary women throughout the history of entertainment. Each profile highlights the groundbreaking accomplishments and essential work of pioneers from the big and small screens, offering little-known facts about household names (Lucille Ball, Oprah Winfrey, Nora Ephron) and crucial introductions to overlooked pioneers (Alla Nazimova, Anna May Wong, Frances Marion). From 19th century iconoclast Alice Guy Blaché to 21st century trailblazer Ava DuVernay, Renegade Women honors the women who succeeded against all odds, changing their industry in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
Great Women of Film
Title | Great Women of Film PDF eBook |
Author | Helena Lumme |
Publisher | Billboard Books |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2002-03-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780823079568 |
Celebrates the achievements of thirty women working in the motion picture industry, including actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, film editors, and production designers.
Doing Women's Film History
Title | Doing Women's Film History PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Gledhill |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | 297 |
Release | 2015-10-30 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0252097777 |
Research into and around women's participation in cinematic history has enjoyed dynamic growth over the past decade. A broadening of scope and interests encompasses not only different kinds of filmmaking--mainstream fiction, experimental, and documentary--but also practices--publicity, journalism, distribution and exhibition--seldom explored in the past. Cutting-edge and inclusive, Doing Women's Film History ventures into topics in the United States and Europe while also moving beyond to explore the influence of women on the cinemas of India, Chile, Turkey, Russia, and Australia. Contributors grapple with historiographic questions that cover film history from the pioneering era to the present day. Yet the writers also address the very mission of practicing scholarship. Essays explore essential issues like identifying women's participation in their cinema cultures, locating previously unconsidered sources of evidence, developing methodologies and analytical concepts to reveal the impact of gender on film production, distribution and reception, and reframing film history to accommodate new questions and approaches. Contributors include: Kay Armatage, Eylem Atakav, Karina Aveyard, Canan Balan, Cécile Chich, Monica Dall'Asta, Eliza Anna Delveroudi, Jane M. Gaines, Christine Gledhill, Julia Knight, Neepa Majumdar, Michele Leigh, Luke McKernan, Debashree Mukherjee, Giuliana Muscio, Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, Rashmi Sawhney, Elizabeth Ramirez Soto, Sarah Street, and Kimberly Tomadjoglou.
Women in the International Film Industry
Title | Women in the International Film Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Liddy |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2020-08-08 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 3030390705 |
The chapter Experiencing Male Dominance in Swedish Film Production” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Women Film Editors
Title | Women Film Editors PDF eBook |
Author | David Meuel |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2016-05-16 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1476625204 |
When the movie business adopted some of the ways of other big industries in 1920s America, women--who had been essential to the industry's early development--were systematically squeezed out of key behind-the-camera roles. Yet, as female producers and directors virtually disappeared for decades, a number of female film editors remained and rose to the top of their profession, sometimes wielding great power and influence. Their example inspired a later generation of women to enter the profession at mid-century, several of whom were critical to revolutionizing filmmaking in the 1960s and 1970s with contributions to such classics as Bonnie and Clyde, Jaws and Raging Bull. Focusing on nine of these women and presenting shorter glimpses of nine others, this book tells their captivating personal stories and examines their professional achievements.
Women and Film
Title | Women and Film PDF eBook |
Author | E. Ann Kaplan |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 276 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Feminist films |
ISBN | 9780415027649 |
Analyzes the treatment of women in American movies and examines the themes of a variety of contemporary movies made by women.
Liberating Hollywood
Title | Liberating Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Maya Montañez Smukler |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2018-12-14 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0813587492 |
Winner of the 2018 Richard Wall Memorial Award from the Theater Library Association Liberating Hollywood examines the professional experiences and creative output of women filmmakers during a unique moment in history when the social justice movements that defined the 1960s and 1970s challenged the enduring culture of sexism and racism in the U.S. film industry. Throughout the 1970s feminist reform efforts resulted in a noticeable rise in the number of women directors, yet at the same time the institutionalized sexism of Hollywood continued to create obstacles to closing the gender gap. Maya Montañez Smukler reveals that during this era there were an estimated sixteen women making independent and studio films: Penny Allen, Karen Arthur, Anne Bancroft, Joan Darling, Lee Grant, Barbara Loden, Elaine May, Barbara Peeters, Joan Rivers, Stephanie Rothman, Beverly Sebastian, Joan Micklin Silver, Joan Tewkesbury, Jane Wagner, Nancy Walker, and Claudia Weill. Drawing on interviews conducted by the author, Liberating Hollywood is the first study of women directors within the intersection of second wave feminism, civil rights legislation, and Hollywood to investigate the remarkable careers of these filmmakers during one of the most mythologized periods in American film history.