Week 2- Why this project matters?


There are a vast number of female film makers, female critical theorists and feminist documentary films that have been omitted from the archive on documentary available in Goldsmiths Library.

This disparity in the archive means vital and necessary discourses of reinterpretation and criticality on documentary aren't being represented.
So in the next couple of weeks, we are aiming to post numerous links to texts, films, websites and exhibitions that we feel will contribute to the archive on feminism and documentary.

Our list (so far!) of just a few female documentary film-makers to check out:

•  Pinny Grylls http://www.invisiblefilms.co.uk/

•  Ricki Stern http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827830/

•  Annie Sundberg http://www.breakthrufilms.org/the-filmmakers-bck/

•  Charlotte Zweri http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078771886

•  Marta Rodríquez http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC38folder/MartaRodriguezInt.html

•  Mira Hamermesh http://www.mira-hamermesh.co.uk/

•  Geri Ashur http://richardbrick.com/geri-ashur-screenwriting-award/

•  Mahnaz Afzali http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012789/

•  Kay Mander http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/559726/

•  Margot Benacerraf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Benacerraf

•  Julie Bridgham http://pipl.com/directory/people/Julie/Bridgham

•  Kathleen Shannon http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=33303

•  Jennifer Baichwal http://www.mercuryfilms.ca/index.php?show=1

•  Helene Klodawsky http://heleneklodawsky.com/

•  Lucía Gajá http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1333964/

•  Natalia Almada http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm514.shtml

•  Christiane Burkhard http://mediaartists.org/content.php?sec=artist&sub=detail&artist_id=771

•  Sonia Goldenberg http://en.saladomedia.com/advertising/executive-producers/20/

•  Joan Churchill http://joanchurchill.com/

•  Laura Poitras http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Poitras

•  Barbara Kopple http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/55/koppleiv.php

•  Angela Melitopoulos http://www.eipcp.net/bio/melitopoulos

•  Maya Deren http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/deren-2/

•  Trinh T. Minh-ha http://www.trinhminh-ha.com/

If you have any suggestions of Female Documentary Film-makers you think we should consider, but have omitted from the above list- please leave a comment and let us know.

Relevant links to all of the listed documenters can be found on the Pages.