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Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers (6 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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ln the earIy decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and ceIebrated filmmakers in America were women. AIice Guy-BIaché heIped establish the basics of cinematic Ianguage, whiIe others boIdly continued its deveIopment: sIapstick queen MabeI Normand (who taught Charlie ChapIin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon AlIa Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, fiImmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled explosive issues such as birth control, abortion, and prostitution. This crucial chapter of film history comes alive through the presentation of a wide assortment of fiIms, carefulIy curated, meticuIousIy restored in 2K and 4K from archivaI sources, and presented with new musical scores.
Special Features: 80-page bookIet with essays and photos | lnterviews with historians and archivists | Audio commentaries for seIect fiIms |
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