Backwards & In Heels: The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film
Women in Filmmaking and Their Struggle Against Bias
"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels" –Ann Richards
#1 Bestseller in Acting & Auditioning, Performing Arts, and Guides & Reviews
Women in filmmaking since the beginning. Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first people to ever pick up a motion picture camera was a woman; as was the first screenwriter to win two Academy Awards, the inventor of the boom microphone, and the first person to be credited with the title Film Editor. Throughout the history of Hollywood, women have been revolutionizing, innovating, and shaping filmmaking. Yet their stories are rarely shared. This is what film reporter Alicia Malone wants to change.
The first female directors. Backwards & In Heels tells the history of women in film in a different way, with stories about incredible women who made their mark in each Hollywood era. Every story is inspiring, detailing the accomplishments of extraordinary women and the obstacles they faced. Backwards & In Heels combines research and exclusive interviews with influential women and men working in Hollywood today, including Geena Davis, J.J. Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Octavia Spencer, America Ferrera, Paul Feig, and many more; as well as film professors, historians and experts.
Time to level the playing field. Think of Backwards & In Heels as a guidebook, your entry into the complex world of women in film. Join Alicia Malone as she champions Hollywood women of the past and present and looks to the future.
Learn little known facts about:
- The first females in film direction
- Iconic movie stars
- Present day activists
If you enjoyed books such as Renegade Women in Film and TV or The Purple Diaries, you’ll love Alicia Malone’s Backwards & In Heels. Also, don’t miss Alicia’s #1 Bestseller in Movies & Video Guides & Reviews, The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women.
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Book details
- Author
- Alicia Malone
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 236
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Performing Arts › Film › History & Criticism
Performing Arts › Film › Direction & Production
Social Science › Women's Studies
Social Science › Feminism & Feminist Theory - Topics
- women in film · Hollywood history · feminist film criticism · female filmmakers · gender bias in Hollywood · film history · women's contributions to cinema
- ISBN-13
- 9781633537767 (Hardcover)9781633536173 (Paperback)
About the author
ALICIA MALONE is a film reporter, host, and writer who has appeared as a film expert on CNN, the Today show, MSNBC, and NPR. She is a host on FilmStruck, a cinephile subscription streaming service run by the Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies, and the creator and host of Indie Movie Guide on Fandango.
Malone was named one of the 100 Worthy Women of 2016. She is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and has delivered TEDx talks in 2015 and 2017 on women in film and the hidden stories of the earliest women working in Hollywood.
When she’s not writing, Malone covers major festivals and ceremonies including the Oscars, the BAFTAs, Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, Toronto, and SXSW, and has interviewed hundreds of movie stars and filmmakers.