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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema(2018)
74%
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Overview
As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women.
Type: Documentary
Status: Ended
Languages: English
Countries:
United Kingdom
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Top 7 Billed Cast
Tilda Swinton
Narrator (voice)
Adjoa Andoh
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Jane Fonda
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Sharmila Tagore
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Kerry Fox
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Thandiwe Newton
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Debra Winger
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