Reel Herstory The REAL Story of Reel Women with Jodie Foster
Based on the groundbreaking edition, Reel Women: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, by Ally Acker, JODIE FOSTER takes us on a sweeping journey that looks at the remarkable achievements of female filmmakers from 1896 into the 21st century who transformed the way we look at movies. Using rare footage, and exclusive interviews with filmmakers all over the globe, Reel Herstory corrects the notion that women behind the scenes held adjunct or peripheral careers, and restores them rightfully to their pioneering status.
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women is an unforgettable look at pioneering women in all crafts behind the scenes who helped shape the history of motion pictures, but whose contributions have been long ignored.
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The Silent Era
The first director to tell a narrative story on the screen was a woman. The highest paid director in the silent days was a woman. More than half of screenwriters…
The Talkies
The emergence of SOUND never allowed women to move from silents to speech. By the mid-1920's film suddenly became big business. And with big business came the unions, which refused…
Contemporary Reel Women
For forty years the doors of studio filmmaking were closed to women. But the coming of the women's movement in the late 1960's changed everything. This is the story of…
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Screenwriters on Screenwriting :
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Early Directors on Directing
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Producers on Producing
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Actresses Turned Producer/Director
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Editors on Editing
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