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#1 New Release on Amazon! ─ Backwards and in Heels − women in film 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 Women in film 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 entire history of Hollywood women have been revolutionizing, innovating, and shaping how we make movies. Yet their stories are rarely shared. The first women directors: This is what film reporter Alicia Malone wants to change. Backwards and in Heelstells the history of women in film in a different way, with stories about incredible ladies who made their mark throughout each era of Hollywood. From the first women directors, to the iconic movie stars, and present day activists. Each of these stories are inspiring accomplishments of women, and they also highlight the specific obstacles women have had to face. Backwards and in Heels combines research and exclusive interviews with influential women and men working in Hollywood today, such as 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 and 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 with the hopes of leveling out the playing field.… (meer)
If you enjoy Alicia Malone's introductions on TCM, you should check this book out. I saw Malone talk about this on the last TCM Cruise, and I could listen to her go on and on about the topic.
The best part of this book are the profiles of little known women who, despite the forces of sexism arrayed against them, made important contributions to or marks on film history. Each profile left me wanting to know more: not of the stories I already know that are well-covered in books and documentaries of their own (Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Ida Lupino), but those I'm not familiar with, like Dorothy Arzner who invented the boom mic when she saw how the stationary microphone limited Clara Bow's ability to move as she needed.
There aren't long, sustained theses in this book, but the short profiles and interstitial essays are good for quick dips into the topic. ( )
#1 New Release on Amazon! ─ Backwards and in Heels − women in film 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 Women in film 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 entire history of Hollywood women have been revolutionizing, innovating, and shaping how we make movies. Yet their stories are rarely shared. The first women directors: This is what film reporter Alicia Malone wants to change. Backwards and in Heelstells the history of women in film in a different way, with stories about incredible ladies who made their mark throughout each era of Hollywood. From the first women directors, to the iconic movie stars, and present day activists. Each of these stories are inspiring accomplishments of women, and they also highlight the specific obstacles women have had to face. Backwards and in Heels combines research and exclusive interviews with influential women and men working in Hollywood today, such as 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 and 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 with the hopes of leveling out the playing field.
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The best part of this book are the profiles of little known women who, despite the forces of sexism arrayed against them, made important contributions to or marks on film history. Each profile left me wanting to know more: not of the stories I already know that are well-covered in books and documentaries of their own (Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Ida Lupino), but those I'm not familiar with, like Dorothy Arzner who invented the boom mic when she saw how the stationary microphone limited Clara Bow's ability to move as she needed.
There aren't long, sustained theses in this book, but the short profiles and interstitial essays are good for quick dips into the topic. (