The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women
Alicia Malone’s Take on Influential Women in Film!
“Once again Alicia Malone champions women filmmakers, opening the floodgates to a great new wave of female voices and creative vision.”―Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist
#1 Bestseller in Movies & Video Guides & Reviews
With the success of the Wonder Woman movies and the results following the outcry of the #MeToo movement, now is the time to highlight the female influences in film history previously left unheard!
The voices of powerful women in old Hollywood—told. You may have heard the term “male gaze,” coined in the 1970s, about how art and entertainment have been influenced by the male’s perspective. What about the opposite? Women have been making movies since the very beginning of cinema. In The Female Gaze, Alicia Malone explores the ideas, thoughts, and views we learn from women from behind the scenes. What does the world look like through the “female gaze”?
Learn about women who changed the world. Discover brilliantly talented and accomplished women directors, both world renowned and obscure, who have shaped the film industry in ways rarely fully acknowledged. Find mini-essays written by women like Alicia Malone and other diverse female film critics. Featuring past and present films, this behind the scenes guidebook is perfect for the Hollywood history fan in your life.
Inside, observe:
- How female directors’ voices shaped films and the film industry
- The advancements and accomplishments of influential women in history and film
- The lives of these women and the struggles they faced throughout Hollywood history
If you liked Women in Art or Camera Man, you’ll adore the powerful women in history found in Alicia Malone’s The Female Gaze.
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Book details
- Author
- Alicia Malone
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 286
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Performing Arts › Film › Direction & Production
Performing Arts › Film › History & Criticism
Biography & Autobiography › Women - Topics
- women filmmakers · film history · female directors · Hollywood · movie criticism · women in cinema · #MeToo movement
- ISBN-13
- 9781633538375 (Hardcover)9781642508048 (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.