
Women Who Made the Movies
1990, English. Directed by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster & Wheeler Dixon.
Examines the careers of women who made a lasting contribution to film history as directors: Alice Guy Blaché, who in 1896 directed what is arguably the first plot-driven film; Ida Lupino, who also had a long career as an actor; Ruth Ann Baldwin, who directed numerous early westerns; Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler's film propagandist; as well as Dorothy Davenport Reid, Lois Weber, Kathlyn Williams, Germaine Dulac, Cleo Madison and many more. Film clips, stills, and other archival materials bring their work to life.
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Women Who Made the Movies (1990) was directed by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster and Wheeler Dixon.