Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema(2018)
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.
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Season 1
14 episodes • 2018
Season 1
14 episodes • 2018
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Openings, Tone | Sep 1, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Believability, Introducing Character, Meet Cute | Sep 1, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Conversation, Framing, Tracking | Sep 1, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Staging, Journey, Discovery | Sep 1, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Adult/Child, Economy, Editing | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 6 | POV, Close-up, Dream | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bodies, Sex | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Home, Religion, Work | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Politics, Gear Change, Comedy | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Melodrama, Sci-Fi, Horror & Hell | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Tension, Stasis, Leave Out | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Reveal, Memory, Time | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Life Inside, The Meaning of Life, Love | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Death, Endings, Song and Dance | May 18, 2020 | 0.0 |
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