Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology (With DVD) on Blu-ray

Actor: Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Maureen O'Hara, Maya Deren
Director: Lois Weber, Mabel Normand, Maya Deren, Alice Guy Blaché, Madeline Brandeis
Genre: Drama
Year: 1900-1940
Studio: Flicker Alley
Length: 652
Released: 5/26/2017
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray, DVD
Misc/Special Features: NTSC, Dolby, Booklet Essay - by film scholar and Women Film Pioneers Project Manager Kate Saccone. Audio Commentary - For Lois Weber’s The Blot by expert on women and early film culture Shelley Stamp
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Six Blu-ray set. More women worked in film during it's first two decades than at any time since. Unfortunately, many early women filmmakers have been largely written out of film history, their contributions undervalued. This necessary and timely collection highlights the work of 14 of early cinema's most innovative and influential women directors, rewriting and celebrating their rightful place in film history. International in scope, this groundbreaking collection features over 10 hours of material, comprised of 25 films spanning 1902-1943, including many rare titles not widely available until now, from shorts to feature films, live action to animation, commercial narratives to experimental works. Directors include Alice Guy Blaché, Lois Weber, Mabel Normand, Madeline Brandeis, Germaine Dulac, Olga Preobrazhenskaia, MarieLouise Iribe, Lotte Reiniger, Claire Parker, Mrs. Wallace Reid (Dorothy Davenport), Leni Riefenstahl, Mary Ellen Bute, Dorothy Arzner, and Maya Deren. These women were technically and stylistically innovative, pushing the boundaries of narrative, aesthetics, and genre. Going back to the beginning of cinema, this collection makes visible the tremendous directorial contributions women made all around the world.