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Women and Film

Welcome to Women and Film , part of WSSLinks, developed and maintained by the
Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

General Sites | Directories, Criticism and Reviews | Organizations |

General Sites

An international publication which recognizes "the innovative and important contribution women have made and continue to make in the field of film and video."

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/Angles/angles.html

A publication devoted to the critical study of the representation of women in film, popular culture and media, and the arts. Includes tables of contents and searchable archive. Password required to view full-text articles in PDF.

http://cameraobscura.dukejournals.org/

An educational video production company whose mission is to "document social issues", many of which include women.

http://www.concentric.org/

This is an excellent, comprehensive article that traces the origins of feminist film theory and the growing diversity within feminist film scholarship.

http://www.let.uu.nl/womens_studies/anneke/filmtheory.html

From the WSS "core list" of printed publications on women and film by Ellen Broidy.

http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/core/crfilm.htm

Organized by country, a filmmography of films at UC Berkeley some with lengthy descriptions and reviews.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/GlobalGender/film.seas.html

A filmmography of films at UC Berkeley, some with lengthy descriptions and reviews.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/GlobalGender/africafilm.html

Contains links to sixteen electronic books and articles for women and film. Paid subscription required for full access to materials.

http://www.questia.com/library/communication/media-studies/film/women-in-film.jsp

From the UCLA symposium on this topic.

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/women/

Contains resources on African American women filmmakers, in addition to information on the documentary film, Sisters in Cinema (2003).

http://www.sistersincinema.com/

A list published by the Center for Women and Information Technology, University of Maryland.

http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/syl_film.html

Information on International Film Festivals, links to resources about international women and film.

http://www.womenfilmnet.org/

Text and Art by Maria Pearse

http://www.hal-pc.org/~questers/womanhood/women_in_film.html

Sponsored by University of California, Santa Cruz.

http://www2.ucsc.edu/woc/fvf.html

Directories, Criticism and Reviews

From the University of Maryland's Women's Studies Database.

http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/FilmReviews/

"The ultimate online home for the queer moving image."

http://www.planetout.com/popcornq/

Articles and Reviews from South Asian Women Network (SAWNet) of films by and/or about S. Asian women.

http://www.sawnet.org/cinema/

Listing of videos from UC Berkeley's Moffit Library.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/WomenVid.html

Comprehensive reference source including bibliographies, biographies and reviews.

http://people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/womFilm.html

Organizations

A nonprofit membership organization dedicated to helping women achieve the highest standard of professionalism in film, television and other programming media.

http://www.nywift.org/

Austin-based non-profit organization for women in all aspects of the film industry.

http://www.reelwomen.org/

Women In Film is a professional organization founded in Los Angeles in 1973 with the commitment to recognize, develop, and actively promote the unique visions of women in the global communications industry.

http://www.wif.org/

"A national non-profit feminist media arts organization whose multicultural programs provide resources for both users and producers of media by women."

http://www.wmm.com/

Maintained by: Cristina Minter, University of Houston-Downtown, mintercri|at|uhd.edu
Originally created by Marcia Barrett, University of Alabama
Last updated January 21, 2007