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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

Year: 2020
Seasons: 1
Type: TV Series
Genre: Documentary

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.

Episodes

Openings, Tone
EP 1 Openings, Tone
Believability, Introducing Character, Meet Cute
EP 2 Believability, Introducing Character, Meet Cute
Conversation, Framing, Tracking
EP 3 Conversation, Framing, Tracking
Staging, Journey, Discovery
EP 4 Staging, Journey, Discovery
Adult/Child, Economy, Editing
EP 5 Adult/Child, Economy, Editing
POV, Close-up, Dream
EP 6 POV, Close-up, Dream
Bodies, Sex
EP 7 Bodies, Sex
Home, Religion, Work
EP 8 Home, Religion, Work
Politics, Gear Change, Comedy
EP 9 Politics, Gear Change, Comedy
Melodrama, Sci-Fi, Horror & Hell
EP 10 Melodrama, Sci-Fi, Horror & Hell
Tension, Stasis, Leave Out
EP 11 Tension, Stasis, Leave Out
Reveal, Memory, Time
EP 12 Reveal, Memory, Time
Life Inside, The Meaning of Life, Love
EP 13 Life Inside, The Meaning of Life, Love
Death, Endings, Song and Dance
EP 14 Death, Endings, Song and Dance

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