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“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.”
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems (via quoted-books)
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’
John Greenleaf Whittier, Maud Muller (via books-n-quotes)
Patty Jenkins directs Gal Gadot on the set of Wonder Woman.
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Ann Miller
In loving memory of our princess Carrie Fisher
Lauren Bacall, 1944
William Powell blows suave smoke rings in “The Thin Man” (1934)
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I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them Then blow gently, Watch them float Right out of my hands.
Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming
By: Jennifer Dorian, General Manager, Turner Classic Movies
This month TCM is proud to shine a Spotlight on the achievements of women in film with our programming event Trailblazing Women, a multi-year initiative created to raise awareness about the historical contributions of women working behind the camera. Hosted by actress, producer and director Illeana Douglas, programming premieres October 1 and airs every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the entire month, and will focus on cinema’s greatest female filmmakers and women who challenged gender stereotypes while carving out successful careers in an industry where men hold the bulk of the power.
The theme of the 2015 programming slate highlights female directors spanning the decades, ranging from the short film The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906), one of six works shown to honor French filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché to The Hurt Locker (2008), by American director Kathryn Bigelow. Guy-Blaché is regarded as the first female writer and director of narrative films, while Bigelow became the first woman in movie history to win an Oscar® as Best Director (The Hurt Locker, a TCM premiere, also won as Best Picture.) These movies and directors stand on their own: they can and should be recognized without the “female filmmaker” label. This programming initiative weaves a new narrative, as we see the long view of female contributions to film history put together in one context: trailblazing women in film.
I’m proud to say this event was already conceived and in the works when I stepped into the role of general manager at TCM. Charlie Tabesh, head of programming at TCM, and the entire programming team do a tremendous job of curating and contextualizing the entire spectrum of film history and highlighting aspects of film history that otherwise might be lost.
While we are showcasing the tremendous work of these groundbreaking female filmmakers, I felt it was important to connect the programming to a pro social arm—especially given recent alarming research across the industry. Particularly the research of Women In Film Los Angeles, that shows only 6 percent of directors working today are women. Additionally, only 15 percent of writers working in film are women, 20 percent of editors are women and a scarce 2 percent of cinematographers are female. Linking our showcase of female pioneers to today’s gender inequality seemed an important connection and through our partnership with Women in Film Los Angeles, TCM hopes to raise awareness about the issue and point to resources to help today’s potential female filmmakers.
Personally, I’m excited to watch and share with my two teen-aged daughters these great movies and discuss the challenges that women face in the industry. We’ll re-watch mainstream hits like A League of Their Own (1992) and Crossing Delancey (1988) with a whole new consciousness of the storytelling coming from a female filmmaker. I’m looking forward to introducing them to female documentarians and showing them The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980) as I know they’ll find it shocking to see how women workers were treated in the U.S. during and after World War II.
Thank goodness my daughters experience gender equality most of the time, and they can’t imagine being blocked from consideration due to their gender. At the same time, the “invisibility” of the Hollywood gender inequality needs to be exposed to most movie viewers. I prefer my daughters, my friends and TCM viewers to see with eyes wide open who the voices are that receive the funding in Hollywood to make movies and unfortunately, 94 percent are of those voices are male voices.
I hope TCM’s Trailblazing Women can help raise the volume of the conversation and help bring change in the industry. The drumbeat is getting louder. As Cathy Schulman, president of Women in Film LA says, “We’ve got to go from a moment of recognition to a movement.” So, here’s to watching Trailblazing Women, recognizing the need for gender parity in the industry and supporting future female filmmakers.
Happy 75th, Anna Karina.
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Awesome infographic from BFI.
