With the success of
Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman and the rise of the MeToo Movement,
women creators in film are more important than ever.
Movies with a female
perspective: You may have heard the term “male gaze,” coined in
the 1970s to talk about what happens to viewers when the majority of
art and entertainment has been made by the one gender perspective.
So, what about the opposite? Women have been making movies since the
very beginning of cinema. What does the world look like through the
“female gaze”?
Movies made by
women: The Female Gaze comprises of a list detailing the essential
movies from the past and present made by women. It delves into what
the female perspective gives to each of the films.
A collection of
fascinating biographies: Discover brilliantly talented and
accomplished women filmmakers, both world renowned and obscure, who
have shaped the film industry in ways rarely fully acknowledged.
Learn about the hidden figures of filmmaking and about the acclaimed
luminaries of the past and present.
Readers will learn:
The accomplishments
of numerous women in film such as Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Kathryn
Bigelow, Lady Bird’s Greta Gerwig and moreThe lives of these women
and the struggles they faced carving a place for themselves in the
film industryHow these women’s unique voices shaped the films they
made and influenced all the film world
An essential movie
list by women: The Female Gaze contains multiple mini-essays written
by a variety of diverse female film critics, about a woman or a movie
made by women that they love.
A guidebook for
movie lovers who want to support women in film!