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Directed by Mark Cousins. 2018

Five years in the making, this epic journey through film history is made up of fourteen episodes narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton and Debra Winger.

WOMEN MAKE...

Directed by Mark Cousins. 2018

Five years in the making, this epic journey through film history is made up of fourteen episodes narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton and Debra Winger.

WOMEN MAKE FILM  gives us a guided tour of the art and craft of the movies.  Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Cousins explores how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped; and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour, and death through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest directors – all of them women,. The series is presented here along with a selection of women-directed films that appear in it.

Two Episodes are being presented at this time, as follows:

Episode One – Openings (1:03).  With examples from 1943 to 2013, from China to Iran, Australia to Finland, we look at how to open a film: from mysterious, direct, floating, foreboding beginnings to plunging straight in.

Episode Two – Believability (1:03) It’s easy to spot, but not so easy to understand.  Believability is about simple human stories, truth about life, real emotions, responding to the world.  How do directors create a reality without feeling fake?