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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255062403321

Autore

Hockenhull Stella

Titolo

British Women Film Directors in the New Millennium [[electronic resource] /] / by Stella Hockenhull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-48992-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 264 p. 5 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

306.0941

Soggetti

Ethnology—Europe

Culture

Gender

Motion pictures—Production and direction

Motion pictures

Motion pictures—Great Britain

British Culture

Culture and Gender

Directing

Film/TV Industry

British Cinema and TV

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Women and British cinema funding: from the UKFC to creative England -- Women directors and documentary cinema -- Women directors and poetic realism -- Popular cinema from a female perspective -- Alternatives to mainstream and classic modes of narration -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the output of women film directors in the period post Millennium when the number of female directors working within the film industry rose substantially. Despite the fact that nationally and internationally women film directors are underrepresented within the industry, there is a wealth of talent currently working in Britain. During the early part of the 2000s, the UKFC instigated policies and strategies



for gender equality and since then the British Film Institute has continued to encourage diversity. British Women Directors in the New Millennium therefore examines the production, distribution and exhibition of female directors’ work in light of policy. The book is divided into two sections: part one includes a historical background of women directors working in the twentieth century before discussing the various diversity funding opportunities available since 2000. The second part of the book examines the innovation, creativity and resourcefulness of British female film directors, as well as the considerable variety of films that they produce, selecting specific examples for analysis in the process.    .