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Support Women in Film with This Perfect Movie Guidebook! ""A wonderful guide to some of the best films made by women, both celebrating women directors and fueling the red-hot discussion about why we don't have more."" Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist #1 Best Seller in Movies & Video Guides & Reviews, Women Artists With the success of Patty Jenkins's Wonder Woman, Ava Duvernay's 13th, and with the rise of the MeToo movement, women creators in film are more important than ever. A woman's influence on film.You may have heard the term ""male gaze,"" coined in the 1970s which is about how art and entertainment has been influenced by the male's perspective. So, what about the opposite? Women have been making movies since the very beginning of cinema. What new ideas, thoughts and aspects can we learn from women in film? What does the world look like through the ""female gaze""? All movies made by women.goes through a historical layout of essential, thought-provoking, and life-altering movies made by women. Past and present films are featured in this book making this guidebook perfect for the movie lover in your life. Jump right into the benefits and perspectives of the female mind. Inspiring biographies of women directors.also contains multiple mini-essays written by a variety of diverse female film critics. In The Female Gaze you'll read about: The advancements and the accomplishments of numerous women in film The lives of these women and the struggles they faced in the film industry How unique women's voices shaped the films and the film industry If you loved books likeBackwards and in Heels,Hope for Film, orJust the Funny Parts, then you'll loveThe Female Gaze.

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Once again Alicia Malone champions women filmmakers, opening the floodgates to a great new wave of female voices and creative vision. A wonderful guide to some of the best films made by women, both celebrating women directors and fueling the red-hot discussion about why we don't have more. -Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist

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Alicia Malone is a film reporter, author and self-confessed movie geek. Currently she is a host on Turner Classic Movies and FilmStruck, a cinephile subscription streaming service. Alicia has given two TEDx talks about women in Hollywood and her first book “Backwards and in Heels: The Past, Present and Future of Women Working in Film” was released in August 2017. She is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the LA Online Film Critics Society and over the years has interviewed hundreds of movie stars and filmmakers.

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