Silent Women - female directors who were pioneers of cinema
16th June, 14:00-16:00
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Assembly Rooms, North Street, PO19 1LQ
Organised by : Chichester Women's History Group
Talk by Ellen Cheshire, film historian, writer and researcher who regularly speaks at Chichester Cinema and other venues.
In the first thirty years of filmmaking, more women worked as directors than in the thirty years that followed and it's arguably not much better today. Yet the stories of these pioneering women have long been overlooked.
Ellen Cheshire shines a light on the forgotten female directors of the silent era, exploring how recent research has brought their remarkable achievements back into view.