With this blog we’ve set up a discussion group on Facebook, and when I stumbled upon the post of Michelle Muldoon’s all-female western, I was… Read More »Last Stand to Nowhere – An All-Female Western – Interview with Director Michelle Muldoon
Un Chien Andalou (1929) by Buñuel & Dali is considered to be the first surrealist film and – if you check the wikipedia entry –… Read More »Germaine Dulac vs. Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali – The Origin of Surrealist Cinema
Who is Margaret Hamilton? Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936, aged 83) is a pioneer of modern computer science. Her work on the Apollo 11… Read More »Margaret Hamilton – The Woman who put Man on the Moon
When I was thinking about my next blog post, a lot of western filmmakers came to mind. Actually, not a lot, but enough. In case… Read More »Tazuko Sakane & Kinuyo Tanaka – The First Two Female Directors in Japan
Mamie Smith and the ‘Crazy Blues’ Mamie Smith, (1891 – 1946) was an African-American singer who, on the afternoon of Tuesday the 10th of August,… Read More »Mamie Smith – The First Recorded Blues Singer
This week I want to talk about another little known female filmmaker. Who doesn’t know Walt Disney and his achievements? But did you know that… Read More »Lotte Reiniger – The Filmmaker Who Created the World’s Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film
R-E-S-P-E-C-T is a Cover? For me, born in the early 80s, Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit ‘Respect’ had always been there. A feminist anthem. A symbol… Read More »How Aretha Franklin Turned a Sexist Song into a Feminist Anthem
Let me introduce Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female filmmaker in history, who directed, produced and supervised about 1,000 films. As was customary at the time,… Read More »Alice Guy-Blaché – The World’s First Narrative Filmmaker
