These terms evoke a distinctive, immediately recognizable visual form and approach to filmmaking.
But they also define visual style and point-of-view through the eyes of men.
But Malone, TCM, and documentarian Mark Cousins want to change all that.
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“I kept discovering more female directors and more female filmmakers,” he explains.
“And I became frustrated that they weren’t being talked about enough.
So, a seed was planted.”
No, it has cleaner lines than that.
“I thought it was far more important to talk about the work,” he says.
“Stories of these people’s lives are on your screen.
And on my screen.
That’s not what I had to provide,” he says.
“We had to provide a desire for the cinema, a longing for the cinema.”
You’ve got to broaden things out; otherwise, the men won’t listen.'
The line-up didn’t come without its challenges.
“I love the fact that it just covertly makes you think about these ideas.
Inequities have been exposed, now it’s time to center the conversation on the work.
The documentary and films are airing now through December on TCM.
Check out the full schedulehere.
