Elaine Chu is a member of Film Fatales who’s directorial debut was a horror feature film called The Purgation, which she successfully sold and distributed. #filmfatales#womeninhorror#horrormovies
“I’m really interested in trying to tell stories about women that don’t involve romantic components... It feels like it’s built in but I’d like to find a way that it’s not. There are so many more stories than that.” — Greta Gerwig #bornonthisday
@WFTIreland happy to share this article about my work and the work of some great women filmmakers around the world from https://t.co/EWROJ1nNzT @womencinemakers looking forward to @GalwayFilm event
‘I picked up my camera for the first time when I was 32 years old. It’s never too late to live your dreams.’ — @Ava on carving out her own space in Hollywood #IWD2018
The first full length feature film directed by an African-American woman was 'Will', which was released in 1981. Director Jessie Maple started her career as the first black camerawoman admitted to the New York camera operators union. #BlackHistoryMonth
#WCW Zora Neale Hurston is the first African American #documentary#filmmaker. In the late 1920s, Hurston traveled around the American South capturing short pieces were titled “Children’s Games” (1928), “Logging” (1928), and “Baptism” (1929). #BlackHistoryMonth
India suffrage banner,1911 created by/for British Indian suffragettes, who played an often ignored role in the suffrage movement #womensart#Suffragette100