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Book SynopsisAlicia 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.
Trade Review“The Female Gaze, written by the ebullient film journalist Alicia Malone, is an unabashed love letter to our cinema sisters. With fascinating histories painstakingly unearthed by Malone, this book is a treasure of delights that honors more than a hundred years of female filmmaking. Brava!”―Rachel Feldman, Film/TV director, screenwriter and activist “Once again Alicia Malone champions women filmmakers, opening the floodgates to a great new wave of female voices and creative vision. A wonderful guide to some of the best films made by women, both celebrating women directors and fueling the red-hot discussion about why we don’t have more.”―Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist “The book includes well-written biographies of many female filmmakers, their accomplishments and struggles, and the unique perspective that women can bring to film.”―Motherhood Moment
