Monday, October 24, 2022

ON WATCHING 'WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN' (1916).....A FILM THAT WAS DIRECTED BY A WOMAN.....ABOUT ABORTION......OVER A CENTURY AGO!



This Film.....in advance of it's time....and before the dreaded Hayes Code went into effect, later.......  Features, in the edition that I just watched on TCM,  the best improvisational piano accompaniment that I can remember having heard, as well as some avant guard costuming by Peggy Hamilton {?} in advance of Paul Poiret and Adrian....   




https://trettleman.medium.com/lois-weber-films-ranked-acceeda8054d

https://www.popmatters.com/pioneers-first-women-filmmakers-2638652295.html

https://mancunion.com/2022/03/25/history-of-film-the-first-female-filmmakers-and-their-feminist-message/

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/women-in-hollywood-timeline

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