Calgary Public Library

Pioneers, first women filmmakers, Kino Classics ; Library of Congress ; curator, Shelley Stamp ; producer, Bret Wood ; executive producer, Illeana Douglas

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videorecording

Pioneers

Kino Classics ; Library of Congress ; curator, Shelley Stamp ; producer, Bret Wood ; executive producer, Illeana Douglas

"A thrilling look at the variety of films made by women, most before they won the right to vote." -- Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

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Kino classics

first women filmmakers

In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued it's development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled explosive issues such as birth control, abortion, and prostitution. This crucial chapter of film history comes alive through the presentation of a wide assortment of films, carefully curated, meticulously restored in 2K and 4K from archival sources, and presented with new musical scores. Includes works by: Ruth Ann Baldwin, Grace Cunard, Dorothy Davenport Reid, Alice Guy-Blache, Zora Neale Hurston, Cleo Madison, Frances Marion, Alla Nazimova, Mabel Normand, Ida May Park, Nell Shipman, Lois Weber, Elsie Jane Wilson, Marion E. Wong, and many more. Also includes special features and audio commentaries

Disc 1: Alice Guy-Blaché : Greater love hath no man ; Mixed pets ; Algie the miner ; Falling leaves ; Canned harmony ; Little rangers ; Matrimony's speed limit ; Ocean waif ; Colleen bawn -- Disc 2: Lois Weber : Fine feathers ; Suspense ; The Rosary ; Sunshine Molly ; Hypocrites ; Idle wives ; What do men want? -- Disc 3: Genre pioneers : Hazards of Helen ; The Purple mask ; '49-'17 ; Eleanor's catch ; Caught in a cabaret ; That ice ticket ; Ethnographic films -- Disc 4: Social commentary (part 1) : Where are my children? ; Her defiance ; When little Lindy sang ; Curse of Quon Gwon ; Dream lady -- Disc 5: Social commentary (part 2) : Bread ; Salomé ; Red kimona ; Linda -- Disc 6: Feature film era : Call of the Cumberlands ; Back to God's country ; Song of love

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live action

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