num_pages: 272
description: It now emerges that more women were working at every level in the first 20 years of the film industry in the USA than at any point since. Early pioneers such as Alice Guy Blache directed hundreds of films invented techniques ran businesses and set up distribution but with the rise of the male-dominated studio system their significant contribution to the dawn of the movies has long been forgotten.With chapters on the writers directors producers stars film editors designers and camera women of the silent era this book acknowledges and celebrates the many talented women who were significantly involved in the rise of the industry and explains why the coming of the talkies and big business led to the inequality which exists today. Voted the best book published about silent cinema in THE SILENT LONDON POLL OF 2016 #1 Amazon Best Silent Film Named one of the Best Film Books of the Year by Huffington Post Covers the hidden history of cinemas diverse beginnings including American European and African-American female filmmakers cinematographers editors critics and screenwriters. With a never-before published interview with legendary director Dorothy Arzner. Essential reading for students of film studies media culture and gender/women studies. Taps into the current debate about discrimination within the media and creative industries. Concludes with a chapter by activist and film director Maria Giese who instigated the Civil Liberties investigation into sexism in Hollywood on the current status of women behind the camera in Hollywood today.
language: English
title: Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema
publisher: Supernova Books