Pioneers : first women filmmakers

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Statement of responsibility: Kino Classics ; Library of Congress ; curator, Shelley Stamp ; producer, Bret Wood ; executive producer, Illeana Douglas

Summary: In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled explosive issues such as birth control, abortion, and prostitution. This crucial chapter of film history comes alive through the presentation of a wide assortment of films, carefully curated, meticulously restored in 2K and 4K from archival sources, and presented with new musical scores

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Credits note: Music, Eunice Martins, Ava Mendoza, Meg Morley, Liz Magnes, Makia Matsumura, Andrew Earle Simpson, Ben Model, Carolyn Swartz, Maud Nelissen, Deborah Hudson, Esin Aydingoz, Berklee Silent Film Orchestra, Skylar Nam, Rob Gal, Amy Denio, Lisa Mezzacappa, Bill Snyder, Judith Rosenberg, Chris Tsambis, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Libby Meyer, Renée C. Baker, Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, Joanna Seaton, Donald Sosin, Dana Reason

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