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The cast of Four Daughters features both real characters and actors. Four Daughters/Chrysaor

March 8, 2024

Four Daughters is a Tunisian masterpiece – what makes the film groundbreaking

Florence Martin, Goucher College

The first Arab woman nominated for two Oscars, Kaouther Ben Hania is a visionary and a feminist.

Director Chloé Zhao with Frances McDormand on the set of Nomadland (2020). IMDB

March 18, 2021

How the Oscars finally made it less lonely for women at the top of their game

Julia Erhart, Flinders University

Two female filmmakers have been nominated for Best Director in the Oscars’ 93rd year. Both their films are about the dashing of dreams, with female protagonists and flashes of cinematic innovation.

Ruth Stuart, the filmmaker of To Egypt and Back with Imperial Airways (1933) EAFA

March 17, 2020

The hidden history of women’s filmmaking in Britain

Melanie Williams, University of East Anglia

There are many gems of female filmmaking in the archives that have been overlooked and should be made accessible to contemporary audiences

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Florence Martin
Dean John B. Van Meter Professor of French Transnational Studies, Goucher College
Melanie Williams
Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia
Julia Erhart
Associate Professor, Screen and Media, Flinders University, Flinders University

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