WOMEN MAKE FILM – Episodes 9 – 10

Directed by Mark Cousins. 2018

Five years in the making, this epic journey through film history is made up of fourteen episodes narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton and Debra Winger.

WOMEN MAKE FILM  gives us a guided tour of the art and craft of the movies.  Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Cousins explores how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped; and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour, and death through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest directors – all of them women,. The series is presented here along with a selection of women-directed films that appear in it.

Two Episodes are being presented at this time, as follows:

Episode Nine – Politics  (1:02) Another aspect of everyday life. From silent cinema to the twenty-first century, movies from the visually astonishing THE ENCHANTED DESNA to DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE to STRANGE DAYS have gained their energy and attack from their politics.

Episode Ten –Melodrama  (1:03) A genre as popular as comedy, but what are some of the great scenes in melodrama? Sharmila Tagore narrates a story that takes us from the silent American film SHOES to Kira Muratova’s brilliant CHEKHOV’S MOTIFS, and more.

There is no charge for booking.  However, upon arrival at the theatre, we would appreciate you paying what you can afford so that we may continue to offer our sessions on this basis.