Shaping global cultures through screenwriting : women who write our worlds / edited by Rose Ferrell and Rosanne Welch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferrell, Rose, editor.

Welch, Rosanne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Screenwriters.

Women screenwriters.

Motion pictures and transnationalism.

Physical Description:

x, 517 pages : illustrations, maps 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Intellect, 2025.

Summary:

The voices of women changing the world one script at a time speak to how screenwriting is more than a craft--it's activism, education, and revolution. Shaping Global Culture through Screenwriting is a powerful testament to the undeniable impact of an international collection of female screenwriters. Spanning film, television, virtual reality, games, and digital media, these case studies showcase instances when women filmmakers used screenwriting to challenge injustice and give voice to communities around the world. Divided into sections that seek to overcome global disparities in wealth and power, the book views screenwriting as activism, shifting attitudes, and altering lived experiences. Whether about gender and race or war and colonization, each chapter exposes the deep connections between storytelling and social change. More than just a study of the craft, this book is a celebration of the women writers who use their artistic lens to educate and empower others. Geared toward readers interested in screenwriting, media studies, sociology, women's studies, and a wide range of humanities subjects, including history and population studies, Shaping Global Culture through Screenwriting brings long-overdue attention to the vital role women take in shaping the global cultural landscapes. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Rose Ferrell

Section 1: AFRICAN WORLDS : African Worlds: Section introduction / Rose Ferrell

Differently Abled and Definitely Able: Resilience and inspiration in the films and life of Zambia's Musola Catherine Kaseketi / Elastus Mambwe

We Aren't All Cis Straight White Men: Expanding depictions of autism / Karen Jeynes

Voicing Our Opinion: Challenges of female rap artists in north-west Nigeria / Ummi Muhammad Hassan

Section 2: AMERICAN WORLDS : American Worlds: Section introduction / Rose Ferrell

The First Female Filmmaker in Costa Rica: Patricia Howell, on a life of defending women's rights and pioneering national cinema in Central America / Aarón Acuña Cordero

Marta Rodriguez: Documentary films with social impact / Sara Manuela Duque García

Violence and Fire in Latin American Women's Scripts: Tatiana Huezo (Prayers for the Stolen, 2021, Mexico) and Claudia Huaiquimilla (My Brothers Dream Awake, 2021, Chile) / Juan Carlos Carrillo, Sebastian Gonzalez

How Nice To See Us Alive: Memory, trauma and resistance in How Nice to See You Alive (1989, Brazil) / Lara Caravalho

The Screenwriting Process of Anna Muylaert's Film The Second Mother over 20 years: In search of a different ending for the female characters / Patricia Dourado, Mirian Tavares

Section 3: ASIAN WORLDS : Asian Worlds: Section introduction / Rose Ferrell

Afia Nathaniel and Pakistani Minor Cinema: The Amazon of the screen / Azam Sarwar

The 'Invisible' in The Way We Are (2008, Hong Kong): The scriptwriter, the script, the everyday, and the audience / Ian Fong

Young-Ah Yoo's Controversial Adaptation of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2019, South Korea): A response to the South Korean #MeToo movement / Thomas Carter

Section 4: ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLDS : English-speaking Worlds: Section introduction / Rose Ferrell

'This is a True Story': Women artists and narratives of disability in Ida Lupino's Never Fear (1950, USA) / Gabrielle Stecher

How to Perceive Cassie Thornton? The translation of blindness in Perception (2017, USA) / Polly Ellen Goodwin

Exploring Homelessness in Virtual Reality Documentary: The scripting of Rose Troche's We Live Here (2020, USA) / Kath Dooley

Catherine Hill: Women who write our worlds - shaping global screen culture with Some Happy Day / Joanne Tindale

Rewriting Australia's Colonial Mythologies: Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021, Aust) / Andrew James Couzens

Bluey Worlds (2018 - 23, Aust) / Andi Spark

Miranda July's Kajillionaire (2020, USA) and Queer Utopias / Angie Black, Anna Dzenis

Young Women Who Write: Little Women (2019) / Armando Fumagalli

Pan- Asian Storytelling for Aotearoa New Zealand Screens / Ghazaleh Gol, Shuchi Kothari

Section 5: EUROPEAN WORLDS : European Worlds: Section introduction / Rose Ferrell

Exploring War's Trauma Through a Feminist Lens: Resilient women in the films of Jasmila Žbanic / Miriam Hernandez, Bruno Lovric

Desire-driven Filmmaking: Celine Sciamma and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, France) / Philippa Burne, Angie Black

A Trial for Rape: The transformative power of the female gaze / Milly BuonannoI

Section 6: ISLAND WORLDS : Island Worlds: Section introduction / Rose Ferrell

Mala tatu: Rite of passage for women's empowerment Agapetos Aia-Faaleava, Vaoiva Natapu-Ponton

Island Time: Cultural revival in the Mariana Islands / Rose Ferrell

Island Women Use Screenwriting in Music Videos to Lead the Campaign for Global- level Climate Action / Rosanne Welch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1835951597

9781835951590

OCLC:

1479526931

Publisher Number:

90102767730