In Her Voice : Women Directors Talk Directing

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silverstein, Melissa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Local Subjects:

Women motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newburyport : Open Road Distribution, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Her Voice is the first book that takes the words and experiences of a diverse group of celebrated women film directors and puts their voices front and center. This unique volume of interviews presents more than 40 feature and documentary directors from around the world, including Debra Granik ( Winter's Bone ), Courtney Hunt ( Frozen River ), Callie Khouri ( Mad Money ), Sally Potter ( Rage ), Lone Scherfig ( An Education ) and Lynn Shelton ( Humpday ). In Her Voice is a call to arms and a reminder to movie lovers, students and the entertainment industry about the significance of women directors and their growing, integral position in the world of filmmaking. It is also a message for women directors to not give up?--your voice counts. Your vision matters.

Contents:

Cover Page; Praise for In Her Voice; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Features; Wendy Jo Carlton: Hannah Free; Cherien Dabis: Amreeka; Katherine Dieckmann: Motherhood; Alison Eastwood: Rails & Ties; Shana Feste: The Greatest; Debra Granik: Winter's Bone; Marleen Gorris (Director) Nancy Larson (Writer): Within the Whirlwind; Courtney Hunt: Frozen River; Callie Khouri: Mad Money; Kasi Lemmons: Talk to Me; Issa Lopéz: Casi Divas; Angelina Maccarone: Vivere; Adriana Maggs: Grown Up Movie Star; Jodie Markell: The Loss of the Teardrop Diamond; Sandra Nettelbeck: Helen

Pratibha Parmar: Nina's Heavenly DelightsSally Potter: Rage; Cathy Randall: Hey Hey It's Esther Blueberger; Amy Redford: The Guitar; Patricia Riggen: La Misma Luna; Shamim Sarif: The World Unseen, I Can't Think Straight; Lone Scherfig: An Education; Céline Sciamma: Water Lilies; Lynn Shelton: Humpday; Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo: After.Life; Susanna White: Nanny McPhee Returns; Joan Carr-Wiggin: A Previous Engagement; Sam Taylor-Wood: Nowhere Boy; Doris Yeung: Motherland; Documentaries; Emily Abt: All of Us; Pietra Brettkelly: The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

Abby Epstein: The Business of Being BornBeadie Finzi: Only When I Dance; Jennifer Fox: Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman; Roberta Grossman: Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh; Lisa F. Jackson: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo; Aviva Kempner: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg; Lynn Hershman Leeson: !War Women Art Revolution; Gini Reticker (Director), Abigail Disney (Producer): Pray the Devil Back to Hell; Hannah Rothschild: The Jazz Baroness; Nancy Schwartzman: The Line; Acknowledgments; Copyright Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-5040-2469-9